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  • 375g/12oz plain or sweetmeal digestive biscuits, crushed
  • 150g/5oz unsalted butter
  • grated zest and juice of 8 large limes
  • 570ml/1 pint double cream
  • 1 x 397g/14oz can sweetened condensed milk

To Decorate:

  • crystalized lime zest
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    Method

    • step 1

      1. Melt the butter in a small pan and stir in the crushed biscuits. Lightly press into the base of a 23cm/9in deep loosed-bottomed fluted flan tin. Chill whilst preparing the filling.
    • step 2

      2. To prepare the filling: place the lime juice into a large bowl, add the cream and condensed milk. Whisk for 1-2 minutes. Add the lime zest and lightly stir. Pour into the prepared biscuit base. Place onto a tray and chill for 1-2 hours.
    • step 3

      3. Decorate with crystalized lime zest and serve.
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    A star rating of 4.8 out of 5.22 ratings

    christinagray

    A winner every time! So easy and yet so tasty. Every time I have made this the compliments are flowing you'd struggle to believe how quick this is put together. On the plus side I'd say that this is more for at least 8 perople.

    I don't wash up

    I just made a Key Lime Pie, using the recipe from Delia Online. I really wish I hadn't bothered. The recipe called for condensed milk (Carnation.) Nothing said about it having to be sweetened condensed milk. Ultimately, the pie turned out looking extremely good. Unfortunatelly, without any kind…

    lb02252

    A star rating of 4 out of 5.

    This is delicious and really easy to make. I used ginger biscuits for the base and that worked brilliantly. I found the recipe really heavy on butter for the base (I ended up draining lots off). I'd suggest just using half the recipe amount. But all in all a good recipe for a tingling taste…

    angiestevens1

    question

    can you freeze this

    angiestevens1

    Love it it is perfect everytime and have used dark chocolate diegestives for the base. Yum Yum

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