Key lime pie

Key lime pie

Cut-away view of a Key lime pie
Type	Pie
Course	Dessert
Place of origin	United States
Region or state	Key West, Florida
Main ingredients	Shortcrust pie shell, Key lime juice, egg yolks, sweetened condensed milk
Variations	Graham cracker pie shell
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Key lime pie is an American dessert pie. It is made of Key lime juice, egg yolks, and sweetened condensed milk. It may be served with no topping, with a meringue topping made from egg whites,^[1] or with whipped cream. Traditionally, Key Lime pie is made using a graham cracker crust. It may be made with or without baking in a pie crust or without crust.^[2] The dish is named after the small Key limes, which are more aromatic than the common Persian limes, and which have yellow juice. The filling in a Key lime pie is typically yellow because of the egg yolks.^[1]

The filling is made similarly to a Magic Lemon cream pie, by mixing the ingredients without cooking: the proteins of the egg yolks and condensed milk and the acidic lime juice curdle, thickening the mixture without baking. The pies are usually baked to pasteurize the eggs and thicken the filling further.