Description
Cool Key Lime Pie delights dessert enthusiasts with creamy, tangy flavors from Florida’s tropical citrus. Crushed graham cracker crust and smooth lime filling provide refreshing summer pleasure you cannot resist.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 bars (8 oz / 226 g) cream cheese, softened
- 1 can (14 oz / 397 g) sweetened condensed milk
- ⅓ cup (80 ml) key lime juice
- 1 (6 oz / 170 g) ready crust graham cracker crust
- 2 tbsps powdered sugar
- 1.5 cups (360 ml) heavy whipping cream
- ¼ cup (30 g) powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp (15 ml) key lime juice
- Zest of 1 lime (optional)
Instructions
- Preparation: Whip softened cream cheese in a mixing bowl until completely smooth, eliminating any potential lumps.
- Blending: Integrate sweetened condensed milk using an electric mixer, creating a uniform, velvety base that’s free from streaks or separation.
- Flavor Infusion: Fold in key lime juice and powdered sugar, stirring thoroughly to develop a silky, well-balanced filling with vibrant citrus notes.
- Crust Assembly: Carefully spread the luminous mixture into the graham cracker crust, ensuring an impeccably level and polished surface using a gentle spatula technique.
- Chilling: Cover the pie with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 8-12 hours, allowing flavors to harmonize and texture to stabilize completely.
- Whipped Cream Creation: Whip heavy cream, powdered sugar, and key lime juice in a chilled bowl, starting at low speed and progressively increasing to generate billowy, firm peaks.
- Finishing Touch: Adorn the pie with whipped cream, either spreading smoothly or piping decoratively, and optionally sprinkle lime zest across the surface for an elegant citrus accent.
Notes
- Cream Cheese Smoothing: Beat cream cheese thoroughly to eliminate any lumps, ensuring a silky-smooth base for your key lime pie filling.
- Blending Technique: Mix sweetened condensed milk slowly and steadily, creating a uniform texture that prevents separation and ensures a creamy consistency.
- Chilling Importance: Refrigerate the pie for at least 8 hours to allow flavors to develop and the filling to set perfectly, transforming texture and taste.
- Whipped Cream Pro Tip: Start whipping at low speed and gradually increase to prevent splashing, creating light, airy peaks that crown your pie with elegance.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 9
- Calories: 346
- Sugar: 21 g
- Sodium: 206 mg
- Fat: 27 g
- Saturated Fat: 16 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 28 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 87 mg