Key Lime Pie - 3

Recipe Ingredients

1 tablespoon	15ml	Unflavored gelatin
		Few drops green food coloring
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Sugar
4		Egg whites
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Salt
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Sugar
4		Egg yolks
1 cup	237ml	Heavy cream - whipped
1/2 cup	118ml	Lime juice
1		Baked pie shell
1/4 cup	59ml	Water
1 teaspoon	5ml	Lime peel - grated

Recipe Instructions

1. Thoroughly mix the gelatin, sugar, and salt in a saucepan.

2. Beat together the egg yolks, lime juice, and water; stir into the gelatin mixture. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, just until the mixture comes to a boil. Remove from the heat; stir in the grated peel.

3. Add the food coloring sparingly to give a pale green color. Chill, stirring occasionally, until the mixture mounds slightly when dropped from a spoon.

4. Beat the egg whites until soft peaks form; gradually add 1/2 cup sugar, beating to stiff peaks.

5. Fold the gelatin mixture into the egg whites; fold in the whipped cream Pile into the pastry shell. Chill until firm.

6. Spread with additional whipped cream and edge with grated lime.

Source:
Philadelphia Inquirer

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