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Tropical Key Lime Pie
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Ingredients for Pie Shell:
1/2 cup almond flour
1/4 cup macadamia nut flour
1/4 cup pecan meal
1/4 cup Splenda
4 tablespoons butter, melted
Ingredients for Key Lime Filling:
1/2 cup lite coconut milk
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 cup Splenda
1 tablespoon not/Sugar [optional]
3 egg yolks
1/2 cup Nellie & Joe's Key West Lime Juice
1 drop green food color [optional]
Prepare pie shell:
Melt butter in a small bowl. Add ground nuts and sweetener. Mix well.Press firmly into bottom and up sides of 8 or 9 inch pie plate and refrigerate until firm.
Combine coconut milk, heavy cream, not/Sugar and Splenda in a small saucepan and cook over low heat, stirring constantly until well mixed and slightly thickened. (If you don't have the not/Sugar (see our Shopping Guide), your filling will be a bit more "loose".) Set aside and allow to cool.
Combine milk/Splenda mixture, egg yolks and lime juice (and green color if using.) Blend until smooth. Pour filling into pie crust and bake at 350ยบ for 10 minutes. Allow to stand for 10 minutes before refrigerating. Just before serving, top with freshly whipped cream or meringue topping, and garnish with lime slices.
Serves 8. 5 grams of carbohydrate per serving. If you cut 6-serving slices, allow 6-1/2 grams of carbohydrate per slice.
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