Key Lime Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 eggs
1/2 c. lime juice
1 can condensed milk
6 Tbsp. sugar
pinch of salt
1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 (9-inch) baked pie shell or graham cracker shell

Preparation

Beat egg yolks until lemon colored.
Blend in condensed milk. Slowly add lime juice and salt and mix well.
Add cream of
tartar to egg
whites
and
beat
until
foamy.
Continue beating, adding sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time until egg whites peak.
Fold 6 tablespoons of the meringue into the pie filling mixture.
Pour into a 9-inch baked pie shell or graham cracker shell.
Top with remaining
meringue
and
bake
until
golden brown at 425\u00b0. Cool.