Americana Key Lime Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 tablespoon unflavored gelatin (1 env.)
4 egg whites
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup heavy cream, whipped
4 egg yolks
1 9 in.baked pastry shell
1/2 cup lime juice
pistachio nut, chopped
1/4 cup water
lime slice (for garnish)
1 teaspoon lime peel, Grated
heavy cream, whipped (to top)
3 drops green food coloring

Preparation

Thoroughly mix gelatin, 1/2 cup sugar, and salt in saucepan.
Beat together egg yolks, lime juice, and water; stir into gelatin mixture.
Cook and stir over medium heat just till mixture comes to boiling.
Remove from heat; stir in grated peel.
Add food coloring sparingly to tint pale green.
Chill, stirring occasionally, until the mixture mounds slightly when dropped from a spoon.
Beat egg whites till soft peaks form; gradually add 1/2 c sugar, beating to stiff peaks.
Fold gelatin mixture into egg whites.
Fold in whipped cream.
Pile into cooled baked pastry shell.
Chill till firm.
Spread with more whipped cream; edge with grated lime peel.
Sprinkle chopped pistachio nuts in center.
Garnish with thinly sliced lime placed in whipped cream mounds around edge of pie.