Title: Americana Key Lime Pie
Categories: Dessert Pie
Yield: 6 Servings
| 1 | tb | Gelatin, unflavored (1 env.) |
| 1/4 | ts | Salt |
| 1/2 | c | Lime juice |
| 1 | ts | Lime peel, grated |
| 4 | | Egg whites |
| 1 | c | Cream, heavy, whipped |
| | | Pistachio nuts; chopped |
| | | Cream, heavy, whipped, to to |
| 1/2 | c | Sugar |
| 4 | | Egg yolks |
| 1/4 | c | Water |
| | | Few drops green food color |
| 1/2 | c | Sugar |
| 1 | | Pie shell, 9-in baked |
| | | Lime slices for garnish |
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. Source: Better Homes & Gardens Dessert
Cookbook. "A spectacular from the famous Miami hotel!"