Key Lime

"Key Lime Pie with a buttery crumbly biscuit/graham base"

A recipe by Sheerluck_Ohms

April 3rd 2022 10:20

"Mix and wait 3 weeks"

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A full Key Lime pie with a crumbly biscuit/graham base 

Tested on a profile 1.5 at 90w 

This is delicious off a shake however it is lime forward on the shake and needs 3 weeks to truly shine, at a 3 week steep the lime settles into the mix.

Inw Custard makes up the custard notes the slight bakery that I can taste in this custard helps with the base.

SA Condensed milk sweetens up the custard and adds some dairy notes to this The Key Lime is made up of TFA Key Lime which helps give the signature sweet Key Lime taste  however this does fade after a few weeks so VT Persian Lime at 0.75 helps prevent the lime from fading completely. 

The biscuit base is made up of CCW Digestive Biscuit, this is accurate to the UK Biscuit and provides some of the crumbly mouthfeel, CAP Graham Cracker further enhances this biscuit and provides depth and a little butter to the base. 

CSC Meringue at 1.5% gives the meringue that actually 'floats' on top of the mix instead of sinking into it.  Finally 1% TFA Sweetner provides the sweetness level you would expect from this dessert 

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Newest Comment (1)

2022-10-13 06:48:16
👍👍👍👍👍 Finally a key lime pie the way it should be made without using a cheesecake. A key lime pie is essentially a key lime flavored custard pie not a cheesecake. I've tried something similar with FA Custard and I did use subs for the biscuit, condensed milk and meringue but it definitely is a wonderful real key lime pie. Thank You