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Red Lobster Key Lime Pie Recipe

Red Lobster's Lime Pie Recipe is a favorite for its creamy texture, balanced tartnes and butter Graham cracker crust. Inspired by Florida Keys, this pie mixes the zing of lime juice with a real key lime juice with sweet condensed milk for a smooth filling. Whether you are wrapping a seafood feast or looking for a bright dessert to impress guests, this pie is to go to an ideal.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Resting Time 3 hours
Total Time 3 hours 30 minutes
Servings: 8 Slices
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 447
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

  • For crust:
  • 1 cup of graham cracker pieces about 10 full crackers
  • ⅓ cup grain sugar
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
  • To fill:
  • 3 big egg yolk
  • 1 can 14 oz sweet thick milk
  • ½ cup key lime juice fresh or bottled
  • 1 teaspoon of lime gests optional
  • For topping:
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 2 tablespoons powder sugar
  • Lime slices for garnish optional

Equipment

  • 9 inch pie dish
  • Mixing bowl
  • Electric mixer or whisk
  • Zester or grater
  • Measuring cups and spoon
  • Colour
  • Oven and refrigerator

Method
 

  1. Make the hull:
  2. Preheat stove to 350°F (175°C).
  3. In a bowl, combine graham saltine scraps, sugar, and dissolved butter.
  4. Press the blend immovably into the foot and sides of a 9-inch pie dish.
  5. Prepare for 8 minutes, at that point set aside to cool.
  6. Get ready the filling:
  7. In a blending bowl, whisk together egg yolks and sweetened condensed drain until smooth.
  8. Include key lime juice and lime get-up-and-go, blending until completely combined.
  9. Pour the filling into the cooled hull and spread equally.
  10. Heat the pie:
  11. Prepare at 350°F for 15 minutes, until the filling is fair set but still somewhat jiggly within the center.
  12. Expel and let cool at room temperature for 30 minutes.
  13. Chill and set:
  14. Exchange pie to the fridge and chill for at slightest 3 hours (ideally overnight) to permit the filling to firm up.
  15. Make the whipped topping:
  16. Beat overwhelming cream and powdered sugar together until delicate crests frame.
  17. Spread or pipe over chilled pie some time recently serving.
  18. Embellish with lime cuts or get-up-and-go in case craved.