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- From uuneo!sugar!taronga!arielle Tue Nov 09 13:54:21 CST 1993
- Article: 6609 of rec.food.recipes
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Path: uuneo!sugar!taronga!arielle
- From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
- Subject: Margarita Pie
- Message-ID: <3X9WPIJ@taronga.com>
- Followup-To: rec.food.cooking
- Organization: Taronga Park BBS
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1993 20:02:10 GMT
- Approved: arielle@taronga.com
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- Margarita Pie
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- The pretzel crust represents the "salt around the rim."
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- 1 cup fresh lime juice
- 1 envelope unflavoured gelatin
- 3 eggs, separated
- 10 tablespoons sugar
- 6 tablespoons tequila
- 1 teaspoon grated lime peel
- pinch of salt
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- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 4 drops of green food coloring
- 1/2 cup chilled whipping cream
- pretzel crumb crust
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- 1/2 cup chilled whipping cream, beaten to soft peaks
- lime slices
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- Place 1 tablespoon lime juice in a small bowl. Sprinkle gelatin over.
- Combine remaining lime juice, yolks, 10 tablespoons sugar, tequila, lime
- peel and salt in a heavy saucepan. Bring just to simmer over medium-low
- heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add gelatin and stir until
- dissolved. Pour into medium bowl. Place bowl in a larger bowl of ice
- water and cool until syrupy, stirring occasionally.
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- Beat whites, 3 tablespoons sugar and food coloring in another medium bowl
- until stiff but not dry. Whip 1/2 cup cream in a large bowl to soft peaks.
- Mix 1/4 of lime mixture into whipped cream to lighten. Gently fold in
- remaining lime mixture. Fold in egg whites. Pour into crust. Refrigerate
- until set, at least 2 hours.
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- Spread whipped cream atop pie. Garnish with lime slices and serve.
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- Pretzel Crumb Crust
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- 1 cup pretzel crumbs
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
- 1 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar
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- Mix all ingredients in a medium bowl. Press into a 10 inch pie pan.
- Refrigerate until firm.
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