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Key lime pie
Photo: Priscilla Du Preez

Key lime pie

18 ingredients 2 hr + 1 hr Makes one very large pie, or 2 small pies openrecipes

"One of the best things Mary and Paul have tasted in all three series of Bake Off" - enough said.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1120
Calories
29g
Protein
48g
Fat
141g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0
Peppermint not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 400g/14oz plain flour
  • 80g/3oz icing sugar
  • 4 tsp ground ginger
  • pinch salt
  • 250g/9oz cold unsalted butter
  • 3 free-range eggs, yolks only
  • 50ml/2fl oz ice cold water
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 x 400g tins condensed milk
  • 240ml/8½fl oz freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 4 tsp grated limelimes
  • 4 eggs
  • 225g/8oz sugar
  • 3 lumps of stem ginger
  • 1 lime
  • 1 tsp grated plain chocolate
  • 6 sprigs mint
  • icing sugar

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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