Ingredients
3 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
4 oz. butter, melted
zest of 1 lime
zest of 1 lemon
7 eggs
8 egg yolks
1 1/2 cups sugar
16 oz. key lime juice
22 oz. butter
Preparation
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Crust:
Combine graham cracker crumbs, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 egg, melted butter and zests in a large bowl.
Press half of crumb mixture into each of two pie plates.
Bake @350 degrees for 5 minutes. Set aside.
Filling:
In a medium sauce pan, heat lime juice to simmering.
In the meantime, combine 6 eggs, yolks and sugar in a large bowl.
Cut butter into small cubes and set aside.
When lime juice is hot, slowly drizzle it into the egg/sugar mixture, whisking constantly.
Return mixture to saucepan. Whisk constantly over medium heat until thick.
Remove from heat, add butter all at once. Whisk until butter is melted and thouroughly mixed.
Carefully ladle half of mixture into each of the two pie shells.
Refridgerate until set.
