St. Patrick’s Day is many things. It can be a day to celebrate luck. To have potatoes, Irish soda bread, or other things that represent Ireland. It can be a green-covered day. But that isn’t what St. Patrick’s Day is to me. In fact, it is my brother’s birthday. Which means that he is even more excited about all things green. Especially around this time. So I made a green-flavoured pie. A lime chiffon pie.
Lime chiffon. Think key lime pie. Think meringue (as in lemon meringue pie). Now fluff the two of those together into one pillow of lime. Slightly tart, with a flawless structure from egg whites, it is undoubtably one of my favourite pies I’ve ever made. You just have to do a bit of waiting. But once your pie crust is baked, you can turn off the oven and whip the pie together (in the most literal sense!), with the fridge doing most of the work.
This post is linked to Gluten Free Wednesdays.
Inspired by pie pie pie. Created by Lauren of Celiac Teen
Ingredients
1 pre-baked gluten-free pie crust
1/3 cup water
1 tbsp gelatin
3/4 cup sugar
2/3 cup fresh lime juice
2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
5 eggs, separated
1 tbsp lime zest
1/2 tbsp lemon zest
1/8 tsp salt
1/2 cup sugar
Steps
Pour water into a medium saucepan and sprinkle with gelatin. Let stand for a few minutes. Whisk in 3/4 cup sugar, lime juice and lemon juice until blended. Then slowly whisk in egg yolks. Place over medium heat, and cook whisking constantly. In a couple of minutes, it will have doubled in volume and become foamy. A few minutes after that, the mixture will begin to thicken a little bit, and there will be a touch of steam. Just ensure that it doesn’t boil.
Take off heat and pour the hot mixture into a large bowl, and stir in the lemon and lime zests. Refrigerate for 45 to 50 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes or so, until the mixture becomes thicker and has cooled.
In a large bowl, beat egg whites and salt until soft peaks form. Slowly whip in 1/2 cup sugar, until the whites just hold stiff peaks.
Stir a large spoonful of the egg whites into lime mixture. Then fold the lime mixture into the egg whites. Fold just until there are no more streaks of white or lime, but do not over fold. Place the mixture into your baked and cooled pie crust, then refrigerate for 3 hours.
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Will you be my big sister please?
I was totally waiting for the "hand shot" since it's his birthday and all!
Hope you feel better soon.
Oh Lauren, your desserts make me happy. Seriously, your posts are so sweet and your desserts look even sweeter.
I'm going to dream of this pie tonight.
Mmmm this pie looks like a dream!!
Lauren, this looks absolutely creamy and tasty! My cheek just tinged thinking about how tart and sweet and yummy this sounds. Great job!
This looks mind-blowingly, tongue-meltingly amazing. And so light and summery too. I'm so impressed that you develop many of your own recipes, Lauren. Not only that, but that they come out looking so professional. Kudos!
Can't thank you enough for having reminded me of the arrival of Spring! These pies are perfect for Easter. A will-do but without the crust if you don't mind. Will do a double amount of filling and put it in a pretty glass bowl…your recipes are always superb. As AMy said – KUDOS, double!
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This looks so good. You are an amazing baker. I bow to you.
I'm sure your brother loved it! The texture looks so great! Happy belated St Patrick's Day (which I celebrated in typical unrelated fashion, with cheese)!
I want that pie! It looks so good, and I know my husband would love it too. Thanks for sharing this on Gluten-Free Wednesdays.
I want to make this. Now. Too bad I'm at work. It looks sooo good!
this looks delicious, Lauren! Your brother must have been excited.
I still call my little sister a little one… there's just something that has kept her frozen in my eyes at 5…. except, she's got 18 years on that!
I have a party to go to and I think this is what I need to bring! I LOVE lime and everything you make is wonderful, so I will let you know how it goes next week!
That is one amazing pie! I bet your brother was happy to get his pale green, luscious BD pie. 🙂
I so hate when I hear you are having issues. Sending many good thoughts your way!
xo,
Shirley
Ooh you can really see how light and fluffy it is when you see the slice picture. Amazing! Happy St Patrick's day Lauren! 🙂
Ohhh, How envious am I that your pie crust looks effortlessly put together and so perfect. I had slight trouble with mine, so I'm so thankful you shared yours! 🙂
This looks so good! My husband would love this pie. I hope you get to feeling better soon.
Your recipe is amazing!I also hope you feel a little better soon
This looks so light and lovely – Its exactly what I need to make now that spring has arrived! Please stop by soon, I have an award waiting for you 🙂
The pie looks delicious! I'm going to have to try this because we love any sort of lemon/lime pie.
Mmmmm! I am definitely subscribing to your blog!! 😀
This looks lovely, but when I click on the pie crust recipe it takes me to a blondies recipe instead!
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