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      Title: AMERICANA KEY LIME PIE
 Categories: Desserts, Pies
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
      1 tb Unflavored gelatin (1 env.)
    1/2 c  Sugar
    1/4 ts Salt
      4 ea Egg yolks
    1/2 c  Lime juice
    1/4 c  Water
      1 ts Grated lime peel
      1 x  Few drops green food color
      4 ea Egg whites
    1/2 c  Sugar
      1 c  Heavy cream, whipped
      1 ea 9-in baked pastry shell
      1 x  Pistachio nuts, chopped
      1 x  Lime slices for garnish
      1 x  Heavy cream, whipped, to top
 
  Thoroughly mix gelatin, 1/2 cup sugar, and salt in saucepan. Beat
  together egg yolks, lime juice, and water; stir into gelatin mixture.
  Cook and stir over medium heat just till mixture comes to boiling.
  Remove from heat; stir in grated peel. Add food coloring sparingly to
  tint pale green. Chill, stirring occasionally, until the mixture
  mounds slightly when dropped from a spoon. Beat egg whites till soft
  peaks form; gradually add 1/2 c sugar, beating to stiff peaks. Fold
  gelatin mixture into egg whites. Fold in whipped cream. Pile into
  cooled baked pastry shell. Chill till firm. Spread with more whipped
  cream; edge with grated lime peel. Sprinkle chopped pistachio nuts in
  center. Garnish with thinly sliced lime placed in whipped cream
  mounds around edge of pie. Source: Better Homes & Gardens Dessert
  Cookbook.  "A spectacular from the famous Miami hotel!"
 
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