If you live in Sydney then I must begin this post by applauding you for still being here. After the extreme prolonged heat yesterday (37 degrees Celsius – that’s 98 degrees F my European and American friends!) anyone who didn’t dissolve into a puddle on the floor must be commended as having superhuman strength. That was one damn hot day, and on a damn hot day you need something light, cool and refreshing. Which, I imagine, is why we have the Key Lime Pie.
And thank god we do.
Because I totally heart Key Lime Pie.
And biscuit crumbs.
(see what I did there?)
At the moment with the heat and general busy-ness that comes with the winding down of the year, I am feeling the easy/quick prep dishes, and this one is about as simple as you can get. The base is just cookie crumbs, butter and coconut. The filling is sugar, eggs and condensed milk. The topping is cream, vanilla and a little icing sugar. I think that the cooking time was about 15(ish) mins each for the base and the filling and you can make it in short bursts over a few days. This is particularly good if you are lazy (like me) or if you are sweltering under a series of hot days and can only manage having the oven on for a short amount of time.
I started off with some Butternut Cookies and as I was sans food processor, I bashed them out with a rolling pin. Did I mention that this recipe was also good for stress relief?
Soon I was left with a mountain of crumbs
to squish into the pan and blast in the oven
Then I sampled baked the filling.
Whipped the cream, sugar and vanilla for the topping
and spread that baby over the top of the pie
What you end up with is a tangy, cool and refreshing Summer dessert, perfect for cooling you down. Delightful! I used the recipe from the wonderful blog Mangada [to eat] who always floors me with her creativity, simplicity and beautiful photography. The only change I made was the omission of the ginger cookies from the base as the mothership malfunctions when fed anything containing even a hint of ginger.
So, my lovelies, what do you do/eat/drink to cool you down when it feels as though the world around you is melting? And are any other Aussies freaking out at the prospect that days like yesterday are the shape of things to come?
yum that sounds like the perfect summer dessert!
It really was suze!
What a beautiful sight to be greeted with! And I had no idea that it got up to 37 although today seems to be a bit of an antidote to it 🙂
I quite agree Lorraine. Im taking full advantage of the cooler weather by baking as much as I can!
This looks so yummy! Do you have the full recipe?
Hi Marlo, I left a link to the recipe in the body of the post. You can also reach it here and the only change I made was the substitution of the ginger biscuits for more butternut ones. Its a great recipe, definitely one to try!