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Key Lime Pie recipe

You'll find that there is a Key Lime Pie recipe for every restaurant in town, and no two taste alike! Some places specialize in selling this famous dish, but almost any place has it on the menu. To find the best Key Lime Pie recipe, we suggest you sample as many as you can.

No-Bake Cream Cheese Key Lime Pie Recipe

1 (8oz) package cream cheese
1 (14oz) can sweetened condensed milk
1/3 cup squeezed lime juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (9 inch) graham cracker crust
In large mixing bowl beat cheese until fluffy then gradually add condensed milk until smooth. Stir in lime juice and vanilla. Pour into pie shell and chill for 3 hours.

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4 eggs
1/2 can sweetened condensed milk
1/3 cup fresh squeezed lime juice
3 or 4 drops green food coloring
Separate 4 eggs and beat yolks until thick. Add condensed milk and beat again. Add lime juice and stir until thick. In a separate bowl beat the four egg whites until dry. Add 3 or 4 drops of green food coloring to egg whites. Fold egg whites into the above ingredients and spread on chilled pie. Put in refrigerator and chill another hour before serving.

Guide to Dining in Key West

Restaurants

Deciding which Key West restaurant to try presents the vacationer with a dizzying array of choices. The town's cuisine includes French, Italian, and Japanese, but has a definite Caribbean flare: conch chowder, conch fritters, key lime pie, and hot bollos, a Spanish-type hush puppy. You will find numerous cafes and open air restaurants along Duval Street as well as its many side streets. Don't worry though, almost every place in town has its own Key Lime Pie recipe and serves it all day long.

Bars & Lounges

Key West is no stranger to parties, and a stroll down Duval Street on any night will put you in the middle of it all. A great place for the nightowl, the bars are open until 4:00 A.M with live music spilling out into the streets daily.

Groceries, Bakeries, Liquor

Artisan breads baked fresh daily, the finest produce in all of the Keys, the best Con Leche in town, Mom and Pop corner stores to major chain grocery stores. If you have a Key West vacation rental plan to eat in while here on vacation, you might still need to try Key Lime pie. Even if you don't have a Key Lime Pie recipe, you can buy the pies in the grocery stores.

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