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Date Posted: 01/18/04 3:42:00pm
Author: CB
Subject: 75 Year Old Key LIme Pie Recipe (no condensed milk used)

75 Year Old Key Lime Pie

5 eggs, separated
3/4 C. sugar
1/3 C. Key lime juice
1 T. butter
1/4 C. sugar (for meringue)
1 (9-inch) baked pie shell or graham pie shell.

Separate eggs into three bowls - 5 yolks in one bowl, 2 egg whites in another, and 3 egg whites in the third. This is the most important step in the whole operation!!!

Cream egg yolks, add 3/4 cup sugar and key lime juice and

mix thoroughly. Cook over low heat until very, very thick, add butter and remove from heat. Let cool slightly.

Meanwhile beat 2 egg whites until stiff, then fold into cooled lime mixture. Fill pie shell.

Beat the other 3 whites until stiff. Beat in 1/4 cup sugar. Pile meringue on top of lime filling and bake at 325�F for 15 minutes.

Story that goes with this recipe:

Note: Several years ago I treated a young man from Key West, Florida who was dying of AIDS. A couple of weeks before he died, he gave me his 75 year old family recipe for Key Lime Pie. He explained that most Key Lime Pie recipes use condensed milk. Even restaurants in Key West serve Key Lime Pie made with condensed milk. Jessie was disdainful of this version. His family recipe, passed from generation to generation, does not used condensed milk. Jessie claimed it is the only authentic Key Lime Pie recipe. So in memory of Jessie, I offer it to you. �A Hospice Nurse.

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[> Re: 75 Year Old Key LIme Pie Recipe (no condensed milk used) -- No name, 01/18/04 3:44:44pm [1]

I like this recipe better with less sugar. I use 1/8 cup less sugar in the pie filling.

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