Frozen Lime Mousse Pie

Submitted by Yvonne Sapach

"This is a great light dessert. Perfect for summer but great any time. It always gets raves from my company."

 

• Ready In: 28mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 1 Pie
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 2⁄3 cup lime juice
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons gelatin
• 1 (14 ounce) can condensed milk
• 2 drops green food coloring
• 1 tablespoon lime rind
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1 graham cracker pie crust

directions

1. Mix lime juice and sugar in a saucepan.
2. Sprinkle gelatin over and let stand 1 minutes.
3. Heat, stirring for 3 minutes.
4. Whisk in condensed milk, food coloring, and lime rind.
5. Cover and refrigerate for 15 minutes or til slightly thickened.
6. Whip the cream and fold into lime mixture.
7. Pour into crust.
8. Freeze 6 hours or until firm.
9. I garnish with additional whipped cream.

Reviews

[Kaarin]

This is a wonderful refreshing dessert for summertime. It was pretty easy to make, and turned out beautifully. My MIL asked for the recipe so that's a score! Thanks!

 

[Chef de Sucre]

This was a great dessert. Thanks!

 

[Comedie]

So easy, and so good. Completely frozen is a bit much. I find refrigerated is fine. Have experimented by replacing the lime juice with other strong tart juices, and adjusting the sugar down for sweeter juices. Works great. Like pure cranberry, blueberry, pomegranate, and sour cherry juices w/ no sweeteners added... all work great. Some dried fruit of the same kind as the juice, or complementary in flavor, sprinkled over the top is a nice finish.

 

[carolyn lynch]

This is one of the best desserts I have ever had. From now on when I need pie for any occasion, this is the one I'll take. Three people ate this pie in 15 minutes. Delicious

 

[sue parenio]

This is the ideal summer dessert: fast, delicious, perfect. Here's the crust I made: Graham Cracker Pie crust for one 9” pie 1) Preheat oven to 350F. 2) To 1 and 2/3 cups graham cracker crumbs (I crushed Nabisco Honey grahams in the f.p., then measured) add one Tablesp sugar. 3) Melt 6 Tablesp butter and mix. 4) Pat into a disposable 8 3/4” pan. 5) Bake 8 minutes. Cool. To make the construction of this pie easier, clear off a space for the pie in your freezer FIRST. It will make your pie sit evenly in the freezer and you don't have to struggle to fit it into the freezer at the very end. I don't know about the green food coloring --I may skip this next time. It got all over everything and looked weird.