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No-bake key lime pie in a jar

Food hacks don't get much tastier than this this! You take a classic dessert and give it a no-bake twist! - by Fast Ed
  • 23 Oct 2020
Prep: 30 Minutes - Cook: 10 Minutes - Serves 4
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If you think baking a pie is way too difficult, Fast Ed’s key lime pie makes the process a whole lot easier. You don’t need an oven or even a pie tin to put it together and it packs away in a jar, making it perfect for your next picnic.

WATCH: Fast Ed makes a no-bake key lime pie in a jar

 

Ingredients

400g coconut milk

1 tsp natural vanilla extract

½ tsp coconut essence

5 free-range eggs

200g caster sugar

40g plain flour

100g unsalted butter

Finely grated zest and juice of 6 limes

395g can sweetened condensed milk

12 shortbread biscuits, crumbled

Candied lime pieces, to garnish

Method

  1. Combine coconut milk, vanilla extract and coconut essence in a medium saucepan set over medium heat, and bring to a simmer. Whisk 2 eggs, 100g caster sugar and flour in bowl. Add coconut mixture, whisk until smooth, then return to heat and simmer until thickened. Set coconut custard aside to cool. 

  2. Melt butter gently in a medium saucepan, then whisk with remaining eggs, remaining sugar, zest and juice in a bowl. Return to saucepan and simmer gently until thickened. Set lime curd aside to cool. 

  3. In small Mason jars, layer custard, curd, condensed milk, then crumbled biscuits. Repeat. Decorate with candied lime pieces. Serve. 

Candied limes

For handmade candied limes, combine 1 cup caster sugar and ½ cup water in a large frying pan. Stir over low heat, without boiling, until sugar dissolves. Add 1 lime, thinly sliced. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes, turning slices occasionally. Remove from heat and cool slices on a wire rack. 

No bake key lime pie in jar
Rob Palmer

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'Fast' Ed Halmagyi is one of Australia’s best-loved TV chefs and food authors. For over a decade, Ed has appeared on television and radio, in newspapers, magazines and books.

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