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     Title: Americana Key Lime Pie
Categories: Desserts Pies
  Servings:  6

      1 T  Unflavored gelatin (1 env.)
    1/2 c  Sugar
    1/4 t  Salt
      4 ea Egg yolks
    1/2 c  Lime juice
    1/4 c  Water
      1 t  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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