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Americana Key Lime Pie

Course : Pies
Serves: 6

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Ingredients:

1 tablespoon unflavored gelatin -- (1 env.)

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

4 large egg yolks

1/2 cup lime juice

1/4 cup water

1 teaspoon grated lime peel

4 dashes few drops green food color

4 large egg whites

1/2 cup sugar

1 cup heavy cream -- whipped

1 crust baked pastry shell 9 in

1/4 cup pistachio nuts -- chopped

1 medium lime slices for garnish

1/4 cup heavy cream -- whipped, to top

Preparation / Directions:

Thoroughly mix gelatin, 1/2 cup sugar, and salt in saucepan. Beat together egg yolks, lime juice, and water; stir into gelatin mixture. Cook and stir over medium heat just till mixture comes to boiling. Remove from heat; stir in grated peel. Add food coloring sparingly to tint pale green. Chill, stirring occasionally, until the mixture mounds slightly when dropped from a spoon. Beat egg whites till soft peaks form; gradually add 1/2 c sugar, beating to stiff peaks. Fold gelatin mixture into egg whites. Fold in whipped cream. Pile into cooled baked pastry shell. Chill till firm. Spread with more whipped cream; edge with grated lime peel. Sprinkle chopped pistachio nuts in center. Garnish with thinly sliced lime placed in whipped cream mounds around edge of pie.

Americana Key Lime Pie

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