Lime and Green Tea Icebox Pie

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Ingredients

    Directions

    1. Preheat oven to  350°F.
    2. Crush enough graham crackers to obtain 1 1/4 cups. Melt butter and add to crackers along with sugar. Press evenly over entire surface of a nine inch pie tin.
    3. Place in oven for about 15 minutes, halfway during baking press crust evenly flat as it will rise. Bake until golden crisp and set aside.
    4. In a non-reactive saucepan bring to boil lime juice and first listed 1/2 cup sugar.
    5. In a separate bowl whisk eggs until very smooth, add remaining sugar and whisk vigorously until very well blended.
    6. Add 1/2 of boiling mixture to beaten eggs and whisk smooth. Pour into remaining boiling mixture and on high heat whisk energetically until mixture boils and has thickened very well. (Make sure that before removing pan from heat that the mixture makes thick bubbles like lava)
    7. Remove from heat and pour into bowl. Once the temperature of curd drops below 130°F add butter and stir smooth. If butter does not properly dissolve after a few minutes place the mixture for 5-10 seconds in a microwave oven.
    8. Pour into pie crust and place in refrigerator.
    9. For meringue whip egg whites, sugar and salt over a pot of low simmering water. Using a hand held whip, whip to 165°F. Remove from heat and continue whipping using a machine until meringue is thick and fluffy. While meringue is whipping add green tea powder. For a deeper green tea flavor add an extra teaspoon.
    10. Spread meringue onto pie and place in refrigerator.
    11. Pie can be served as is or meringue can be browned. To brown meringue use a blow torch to gently brown meringue or place pie for a few minutes in a 475°F oven until lightly browned.
    Dixie Crystals Insight

    This amazingly delicious and very creamy curd requires following the recipe and directions correctly. If not cooked properly the curd will not sufficiently set. Do not top pie with Crème Chantilly instead of meringue as the curd is too tart. However it will be balanced perfectly with the sweetness of meringue. Green tea or Matcha powder is easily found in health food stores and online.

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