Dessert
One 9-inch pie
1 hour 40 minutes
15 minutes
Melissa's Corporate Chefs
1 tablespoon Gelatin unflavored
1 cup Sugar
1/4 teaspoon Salt
4 Eggs separated
1/2 cup Key Lime juice
1/4 cup Water
1 teaspoon Key Lime Peel grated
Food Coloring (Green)
1 cup Whipped Cream
1 Pie Shells 9 inch baked
Mix gelatin, 1/2 cup sugar, and salt in saucepan.
Beat egg yolks, lime juice, and water together; stir into gelatin mixture.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to boil.
Remove from heat; stir in grated peel. Add enough coloring for pale-green color.
Chill, stirring occasionally, until thickened. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form.
Add remaining sugar gradually; beat until stiff peaks form.
Fold gelatin mixture into egg whites; fold in whipped cream.
Spoon into pastry shell; chill until firm.
Spread with additional whipped cream; sprinkle additional grated lime peel around edge of pie.
