The Perfect Authentic Florida Key Lime Pie RecipeWhen you visit the Florida Keys, you really must try the fantastically scrummy Authentic Florida Key Lime Pie.I promise you won’t be long here before you notice this brilliant but simple dessert on the menu. Actually you have about as much chance of finding Elvis alive as you have going somewhere that doesn’t serve Key Lime Pie. Every restaurant throughout the Keys serves this as a staple diet of the "conchs" who live here, and to be honest you wouldn’t disagree against the reasons behind the plentiful production of this wonderful and tasty pie once you taste it for the first time.
There are many different versions of the Key Lime Pie, and many people claim that they have the secret ingredient that makes their recipe the “Authentic Florida Key Lime pie”. But what is the real version? What adds the authenticity to a pie that to my taste buds always tastes good no matter where I eat it? Well there are many factors to making the ideal pie. Lovers of Key Lime Pie can never agree what is the best way to make one for start. Some say a Pastry Crust is the main ingredient, whilst others say Graham-crackers do the trick. Some say the only way to eat one is with Meringue on top, whilst others say whipped cream The disagreements go long into the night. The one thing that they do agree on is that under no circumstances should you ever add green food colouring. The filling of authentic Key Lime Pie is a light yellow, and that is because authentic Florida Key Lime Pie uses tiny yellow key limes. These are absolutely bursting with juice. And why do we use the small limes you might be asking? Well quite simply these have more acid and a really strong flavour, and that is what you want as you create the perfect after dinner dessert. History Nobody really knows who was the first person to make Key Lime Pie. Most people who research these kind of things believe it is a William Curry (a ship salvager and Florida’s first self-made millionaire) who might have been responsible.
William Curry, or as he was often known Rich Bill, had a servant in his employment called Aunt Sally, and it was this lady who is thought to have created the Key Lime Pie in the late 1800’s. Whether she did create this or just put her own spin on something that was already around at the time we don’t really know. Lost in the midst of time. But we do know that it wasn’t until the 1930’s that the first recipes were written down, and then still there aren’t many documented instructions, as this was a traditional type of food which people passed down from generation to generation. Families just knew how to make it. As there was no fresh milk, refrigeration, or ice was available in the Keys until the arrival of tank trucks with the opening of the Overseas Highway in 1930, local cooks had to rely on canned sweetened condensed milk. The sweet and juicy Key limes may be the stars of the key lime pie, but it is the sweetened condensed milk that makes it so smooth and delicious So now you know the history I guess you want to start making one. So ladies and gentlemen, I introduce to you the one and only. Authentic Florida Key Lime Pie recipe. Ingredients
Authentic Florida Key Lime Pie 1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk 3 egg yolks 1/2 cup Key Lime Juice 1 9-inch baked pie shell Whisk the egg yolks into the condensed milk. Add the lime juice little by little, stirring until mixture starts to thicken. Scrape into the pie shell and let it chill and set up. Some people make meringue with the remaining whites and dress the top of the pie. Some people prefer it with whipped cream or whipped topping, definitely a later invention.
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