Key Lime-Coconut Pie

Name: Key Lime-Coconut Pie
Prep time: 5 h 5 min
Cook time: 5 h 5 min
Total time: 5 h 5 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters coconut cream (recommended: Coco Lopez); 2 Tbsps heaping tablespoons confectioners sugar; 4 larges egg yolks; 8 whole graham crackers, broken into pieces; 2 Tbsps light brown sugar; 59 milliliters fresh Key lime juice; 2 teaspoons grated Key lime zest; 59 milliliters sweetened coconut; 118 milliliters sweetened coconut, lightly toasted, for garnish; 397 grams sweetened condensed milk; 6 Tbsps unsalted butter, melted; 1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped; 0 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 355 milliliters very cold whipping cream

Key Lime-Coconut Pie requires about 5 hours and 5 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 8. One serving contains 561 calories, 8g of protein, and 38g of fat. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 91 person have tried and liked this recipe. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. It works well as a rather inexpensive dessert. If you have butter, coconut, vanilla bean, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

For the pie: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.

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Oven

Whisk together the yolks, zest, condensed milk, lime juice, and vanilla in a bowl until smooth and thickened, about 2 minutes. Cover and set aside at room temperature for 20 minutes.

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Sweetened Condensed Milk

Lime Juice

Vanilla

Egg Yolk

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Whisk

Bowl

Combine the graham crackers, coconut, and sugar in a food processor and process into fine crumbs.

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Graham Crackers

Coconut

Sugar

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Food Processor

Add the butter and process until the mixture just comes together. Pat onto the bottom and sides of a 9-inch glass pie plate.

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Butter

Place on a baking sheet and bake until lightly golden brown and firm, about 10 minutes.

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Add the thickened filling to the warm crust, return to the oven, and bake the pie until the center is firm but jiggles slightly when shaken, about 15 minutes.

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Crust

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Oven

Remove and let cool to room temperature, about 1 hour. Cover the surface and refrigerate until chilled and set, about 3 hours.

Combine the whipping cream, coconut cream, sugar, and vanilla bean seeds in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and whip until soft peaks form.

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Whipping Cream