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mattchewone
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Key Lime Pie
Hi Everyone,
I was watching the great british bake off last week and really wanted to have a go at making the Key Lime Pie that was made but used a biscuit base.
I looked at the recipe and thought that it was very similar to another recipe that my Gran uses for a lemon flan which is cream, condensed milk and lemon juice and this thickens and then chilled goes to a cheesecake like consistency.
The Key Lime Pie, is the same ingredients except for the addition of Egg Yolks and the fact it needs to be baked for a short period.
Can anyone tell me what the yolks do in the recipe? Can you make it without them, just chilling the pie?
Regards
Matt
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#2 Wed 19 Sep 12 8:38pm
cohphanta
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Re: Key Lime Pie
You can make it without the yolk. If you bake the crust first, then cool it...pour the filling in after and chill. You don't have the bake the filling.
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#3 Wed 19 Sep 12 8:45pm
mattchewone
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Re: Key Lime Pie
Can I ask what purpose the yolks serve?
I understand the acid from the lime/lemon go with the condensed milk to create a reaction called "souring" which thickens and adding the cream creates it become cheesecake like.
Is there any other flavours you could create using this method? Chocolate?
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#4 Wed 19 Sep 12 11:10pm
Kye
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Re: Key Lime Pie
Egg yolks 'set' the other ingredients, when whisked with condensed milk, the two ingredients make a thickening and when whisked correctly become a pale yellow and form a thick liquid, check the thickness with a spatula...if too runny/liquid you have added too much juice.
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#5 Wed 19 Sep 12 11:12pm
Kye
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Re: Key Lime Pie
Cheesecake on the other hand does not include eggs.
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#6 Thu 20 Sep 12 1:25am
JoyYamDaisy
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Re: Key Lime Pie
My baked ricotta cheesecake has eggs in it! 
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#7 Thu 20 Sep 12 1:32am
cohphanta
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Re: Key Lime Pie
My cheesecake has a LOT of eggs...7 eggs and 4 additional yolks.
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#8 Thu 20 Sep 12 12:49pm
Kye
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Re: Key Lime Pie
My unbaked cheese cake has no eggs (i have a one track mind where cheesecakes are concerned)!!
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#9 Thu 20 Sep 12 1:42pm
Ashen
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Re: Key Lime Pie
the egg yolk thing is minor compared to the real issue, what colour is you key lime pie? Fully ripe , as in yellow , key limes are the only way to go imo. Floridians swear by it and I am a wholehearted convert. 
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#10 Thu 20 Sep 12 5:11pm
cohphanta
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Re: Key Lime Pie
Ashen wrote:
the egg yolk thing is minor compared to the real issue, what colour is you key lime pie? Fully ripe , as in yellow , key limes are the only way to go imo. Floridians swear by it and I am a wholehearted convert.
YEP!
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