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Key lime pie

Charita Jones from Great Food Live
A signature dessert with all-American flavours, this pud by Charita Jones is as sweet as it is tangy

Key lime pie

Method

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1. Preheat the oven to 200C/gas 6. To make the pie base, pop the biscuits into a roomy plastic bag and secure at one end. Crush, with a rolling pin, until they resemble crumbs. Transfer the crumbs to a mixing bowl and add the melted butter. Stir well to combine.

2. Tip the crumbs into the base of a 22cm loose-bottomed cake tin, pressing down well with your hand.

3. Lightly whisk the condensed milk with the egg. Stir in the lime zest from 2 limes along with the lime and lemon juice.

4. Pour this mixture onto the biscuit base in the cake tin. Scatter over the remaining lime zest.

5. Bake the pie for about 10 minutes, until just beginning to firm-up. Cool slightly before chilling in the fridge.

6. Remove the pie from its tin and serve with ice cream.

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Josp | Posted 22-Jun-08

Really easy and very yummy. I made this for the first time at Christmas and it went down very well with the family.

Serves: 6

Prep: 25 min
Cook: 10 min

Ingredients
200g chocolate digestive biscuits
50g Butter, melted
1 x 325g can condensed milk
1 egg
5 limes, grated zest of 3 limes and juice of 5
1 lemon, juice only
ice cream, to serve