AMERICAN KEY LIME PIE RECIPE

Serves eight, prep time 10 minutes, cooking time 30 minutes

INGREDIENTS

■ 250g of ginger biscuits

■ 3 tbsp unsalted butter

■ 1 tbsp honey

■ ¼ tsp salt

■ 14oz can of sweetened condensed milk

■ 4 egg yolks

■ ½ cup fresh lime juice (from 10 limes)

■ 1 tsp lime zest (keeping some to serve)

■ 2 cups whipped cream

■ Fresh mint leaves and lime zest to serve

METHOD

1 Preheat your oven to 180°C. Blitz the biscuits into crumbs in a food processor. Heat the butter honey and a pinch of salt over medium heat. Pour the biscuit crumbs into a bowl, add the melted butter and combine. Grease a 9-inch flan tin, pour the crumb mixture into the tin and press evenly into the bottom and the sides to form a case. Bake in the oven and bake for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool. 2 Meanwhile, add the condensed milk, egg yolks, lime juice and zest to a mixing bowl and whisk. Pour the mixture into the biscuit base and bake for 15 minutes until set. Allow the pie to cool then chill for at least 4 hours, or even better overnight. Pipe some whipped cream around the edge and in the centre, top the lime zest and fresh mint leaves.