Key lime pie
egg yolks, sweetened condensed milk | |
Variations | Graham cracker pie shell |
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Key lime pie is an
The filling is made similarly to a Magic Lemon cream pie, by simply mixing the ingredients without cooking: the proteins of the egg yolks and condensed milk and the acidic lime juice curdle, thickening the mixture without baking. Today, Key lime pies are usually baked to pasteurize the eggs and thicken the filling further.
History
Key lime pie is probably derived from the "Magic Lemon
A "Tropical Lime Chiffon Pie", using condensed milk and egg yolks, is documented in a 1933 Miami newspaper article.[5] An "icebox lime pie", was mentioned as a specialty of the Florida Keys in 1935.[6][full citation needed] and a recipe under the name "Key Lime Pie" was published in 1940.[7][full citation needed]
No earlier solid sources are known, despite appeals to the public.
It was in the 1950s that Key lime pie was promoted as Florida's "most famous treat" and in 1987 as "the greatest of all regional American desserts."[3]
Key limes
Key lime (
Legislation
Florida State Representative
Florida statute 15.052, passed in July 2006, designates Key lime pie "the
See also
- Cream pie
- Lemon meringue pie
- Lemon pie
- Lime
- Pavlova (food)
References
- ^ a b Artman, L.P. Jr. (August 1975). Conch Cooking. Florida Keys Printing & Publishing. p. 74.
- ISBN 978-1499621860.
- ^ ISBN 978-0393634273.
- ^ "Jane Ellison", New magic in the kitchen: quick, easy recipes made with sweetened condensed milk, p. 27
- ^ "Tropical Lime Chiffon Pie". Miami Herald. April 15, 1933. p. 14. Quoted in Sloan, David (June 6, 2019). "Lustful Urges and the Original Key Lime Pie Crust". Keys Weekly.
- ^ Highway Traveler[full citation needed]
- ^ June Brown, Buffalo, New York[full citation needed]
- ^ Sherman, Elizabeth (July 31, 2018). "In Florida, Debate Over Origins of Key Lime Pie Strikes a Nerve". Food & Wine.
- ^ a b Filosa, Gwen (July 31, 2018) [updated August 6, 2018]. "We all know Key lime pie was invented in the Keys, right? Seems not everyone agrees". Miami Herald.
- ^ Carlson, Coralie (June 11, 2008). "Tart and creamy, key lime pies delight the Florida Keys". Glasgow Daily Times. Archived from the original on April 27, 2012.
- ^ Sloan, David (October 4, 2019). "Once and for All: Key Lime Pie's New York City Origin Story Disproved". Keys Weekly.
- ^ a b "Our Story". Nellie & Joe's Famous Key West Lime Juice.
Key Limes for commercial use have not been grown in the Keys for many years
- ISBN 9781458350930, p. 49
- ^ "The 2020 Florida Statutes", section 15.052
- ^ "SB 676 - Official State Pie/Key Lime". Retrieved August 14, 2006.