Key Lime Meringue Pie
Key lime pie is made of Key lime juice, eggs, condensed milk, and sugar in a pre-baked pie shell. The pie is then baked, and often topped with meringue or whipped cream. Other recipes (with slightly different ingredients) call for it to be chilled or frozen, using an unbaked Graham cracker crust. This makes it a popular summer dessert. The dish is named after the small Key limes (Citrus aurantifolia 'Swingle') that are naturalized throughout the Florida Keys.
Ingredients
- 1 fully-baked 9-inch (25 cm / 9 oz) graham cracker or pastry pie shell
- 1 can (14 oz / 400 g) sweetened condensed milk
- ½ cup fresh Key lime juice
- 4 egg yolks
- 4 egg whites
- ½ cup caster sugar
Ingredients for 8 servings (830 g) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Separate egg whites from egg yolks. Make sure there is no trace of yolk in the whites.
- 2
Beat the sweetened condensed milk, lime juice, and egg yolks in a small mixing bowl.
- 3
Pour the mixture into the baked pie shell. Bake at 350°F (180°C) for 8 minutes.
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While baking filling, whip egg whites in a large, clean mixer bowl on high speed until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in the sugar until meringue forms hard peaks.
- 5
Spoon the meringue over the top of the hot pie and use a spoon to form peaks.
- 6
Bake at 350°F (180°C) for 10–15 minutes, or until meringue begins to brown.
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Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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