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xiphias ([personal profile] xiphias) wrote2005-06-27 08:14 pm
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I made Persian Lime Pie.

It's like key lime pie, when you don't have key limes, and only have your normal, everyday Persian limes.

It's really good. Dead simple to make, too. Preheat oven to 350. Four egg yolks into the KitchenAid. Beat them a bit, add a can of sweetened condensed milk. Add about half a cup of lime juice -- about the juice of four limes -- in two batches -- about the juice of two limes, beat it until it's mixed, then another two limes' worth.

Then grate a bunch of the peel into the mixture and stir that in.

Pour the stuff into a graham cracker crust (I always buy my graham cracker crusts pre-made these days, 'cause it's easier.) Bake for 12 minutes (this is mainly to avoid raw eggs. It helps set the pie a little, but the pie is still pretty liquidy when it comes out.)

Put pie in fridge for a couple hours. Wash the KitchenAid, and make whipped cream in it. Put dollops of whipped cream on the pie.

Then huddle over the pie with a crazed look in your face and threaten anyone who comes near you and your precious pie with a serving fork.

[identity profile] kightp.livejournal.com 2005-06-28 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
I do a "fancy" version of this with lime curd that's like heaven on a fork. It's a little more fiddly than your recipe, but mmmmmmm ...

Lime Curd
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup fresh lime juice
10 large egg yolks
1/2 cup (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into pieces

Whisk sugar, lime juice and yolks in large metal bowl to blend. Set bowl over saucepan of simmering water (do not allow bottom of bowl to touch water); whisk constantly until mixture thickens and candy thermometer registers 180°F., about 9 minutes. Remove bowl from over water. Gradually add chilled butter, whisking until melted and well blended. Press plastic wrap directly on surface of curd. Refrigerate until cold, about 3 hours.

Spoon into a pre-baked crust and top with real whipped cream and a grating of lime zest (scrub the limes first).

[identity profile] xiphias.livejournal.com 2005-06-28 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
We'll have to do a side-by-side comparison at some point. . .

[identity profile] kightp.livejournal.com 2005-06-28 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
Warm up the teleporter ...

[identity profile] hfcougar.livejournal.com 2005-06-28 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
Yum!

[identity profile] ellettra.livejournal.com 2005-06-28 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
mmmmmm, i'm adding this to my memories...

[identity profile] ruth-lawrence.livejournal.com 2005-06-28 10:04 am (UTC)(link)
:::laughs:::

[identity profile] marquisedea.livejournal.com 2005-06-28 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't know limes were Persian. Hey, do you have any recipes for Sangria, by any chance?

[identity profile] xiphias.livejournal.com 2005-06-28 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Nope, but there are dozens easily available on a quick Google search.

[identity profile] vonbeck.livejournal.com 2005-06-29 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
I think the most inportant step is the last one.