Cake Fairy - Key Lime Pie with Meringue

Name: Cake Fairy - Key Lime Pie with Meringue
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 375 grams gingernut biscuits, crushed; 570 milliliters double cream; 4 larges egg whites; 30 grams icing sugar; 8 limes, juice and zest; 1 pinch a of salt; 150 grams caster sugar; 397 grams sweetened condensed milk; 150 grams unsalted butter; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Cake Fairy - Key Lime Pie with Meringue might be just the dessert you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains around 8g of protein, 43g of fat, and If you have butter, salt, caster sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 20 minutes.

Instructions

Crush the gingernut biscuits. I recommended putting them in a bag, covering with a tea towel and crush with a rolling pin (or wine bottle!). Crush them as small as you can be bothered to as the smaller the better.

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Biscuits

Wine

Tea

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Rolling Pin

Kitchen Towels

Melt the butter in a pan on the hob and stir in the crushed biscuits. Lightly press this mixture in to a medium sized tin. Put in the fridge to chill and harden (about 30mins to an hour)

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Biscuits

Butter

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Frying Pan

Zest and juice the 8 limes.

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Juice

Lime

Put the lime juice into a large bowl and add the cream and condensed milk.

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Sweetened Condensed Milk

Lime Juice

Cream

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Bowl

Whisk for 1-2 minutes.

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Whisk

Fold in the lime zest.

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Lime Zest

Check your base has hardened and it is not flaky then pour the creamy mixture on to the biscuit base.

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Biscuits

Base

Chill in the fridge for one to two hoursNB If you are having a dinner party it is okay to make this the night before and leave it in the fridge overnight. Cover with foil just to stop the fridge smell penetrating it. You can then top with the meringue and bake just before guests arrive.

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Oven