Key Lime Pie Copycat Recipe From Pappadeaux Restaurant Recipes

PAPPADEAUX KEY LIME PIE WITH RASPBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix graham cracker crumbs, pecans, sugar, and cinnamon together in a bowl,
• Add melted butter blend well.
• Press the crust mixture into a buttered pie pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees oven for 7 to 10 minutes. When the crust is slightly golden, remove it from the oven and cool it to room temperature before making the filling.
• In a medium-sized bowl, beat cream cheese until light and fluffy.
• Add sweetened condensed milk and beat the mixture until completely blended.
• In a 2-quart saucepan, whisk egg yolks with water.
• Add salt and flour and stir constantly, completely mixing the flour into the liquid.
• Add lime zest, Roses lime juice, and key lime juice.
• On low heat or in a double boiler, whisk the egg mixture and stir constantly until the mixture thickens resembling pudding in texture and thickness.
• When the egg and flour mixture is thickened, add cream cheese. Whisk constantly taking care not to scorch the bottom of the pan. Stir until pie filling starts to thicken and is completely mixed.
• When the filling is thick, pour into the prepared pie shell.
• Refrigerate the pie several hours before serving.
• Mix together the raspberry preserves and water in a saucepan
• Bring it to a boil then reduce the heat and simmer for 4 minutes
• Remove the sauce from the heat and pour it through a fine strainer to remove seeds.
• Refrigerate the sauce until serving.

KEY LIME PIE - COPYCAT RECIPE FROM PAPPADEAUX RESTAURANT

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine crumbs, brown sugar and melted butter. Press mixture 1/4 - 1/2 inch thick on bottom and sides of 10x2 inch pan. In another bowl,mix condensed milk, egg yolks and lime juice. on low speed of mixer until well blender. It should be creamy color and slightly thickened - about 2 minutes.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake in 350 degree over 18-24 minutes (pressing surface lightly with finger should leave a mark) Remove from oven and let cool. Refrigerate 6-8 hours before serving. Remove sides from springform pan. Garnish with whipped cream and fresh lime slices.
• The butter amount is 1/4 cup plus 1 Tablespoon.

AMERICANA KEY LIME PIE

Steps:

• 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.

PAPPADEAUX'S KEY LIME PIE WITH RASPBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Pie Crust: Mix all ingredients together in a bowl, add melted butter, blend well and press into a buttered pie pan.
• Place in a preheated, 350ºF oven for 7 to 10 minutes, when crust is slightly golden, remove from oven and cool.
• Pie: Beat cream cheese until light and fluffy,add sweetened condensed milk and beat mixture until completely blended.
• Use a 2 quart sauce pan to whisk egg yolks with water, add salt and flour.
• Stir, completely mixing flour into liquid, add lime zest, Roses Lime Juice and key lime juice.
• On low heat, or in a double boiler, whisk the egg mixture and stir constantly until mixture thickens.
• When egg and flour mixture is thickened, add cream cheese, whisking constantly taking care not to scorch the bottom of pan.
• Stir until pie filling starts to thicken and is completely mixed.
• When the filling is thick pour into the prepared pie shell and chill pie serveral hours before serving.
• Raspberry Sauce: Mix ingredients in sauce pan over medium high heat, until preserves reach boiling point.
• Simmer for 4 minutes, remove and pour through a fine strainer and chill.
• Drizzle over pie before serving.