Key Lime cheesecake

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Keep in mind that the key lime is a different fruit. It's got a thin rind which is a mild yellow color when ripe, and is very small (not much bigger than a golf ball). It has a distinctly different flavor when compared to the more common Persian lime. It also doesn't travel well, and so the ripe fruit is hard to find north of, say, south texas.

- Eric

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Key Lime fruit slices soft candy, available frome cake decorating supply houses, similar to these.

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Don't know if they are ripe or not, but I buy them in a bag at the local SuperWalmart here in Minnesota, which is pretty far from south Texas. And by the way, a taste test of pies by Cooks Illustrated showed no detectable taste difference between Persian Lime and Key Lime, for what it is worth.

del cecchi

If they're green, they're under-ripe. It's that simple.

`I was once given a bag of key limes with dark green rinds. The flavor, under developed, I admit was similar to persian limes. and quite different from bottled key lime juice. it's mellower.

The chemical composition of key lime juice is significantly dissimilar from the chemical composition of persian lime juice. You can buy key lime juice in most grocery stores these days. I can tell the difference. I can also tell the difference when someone hands me some 'key lime' flavored products -- the 'key lime' flavor chocolate orange is quite clearly persian lime, for example. Sometimes 'key lime' flavor is approximated by mixing persian lime juice with lemon juice.

So Cooks Illustrated can go hang, for all I care.

I like to either drizzle or pool raspberry puree on the plate before serving a slice of key lime pie on it. Have seen some use a mint leaf with this. Good key lime pie really only needs a fork as garnish in my book!

PAX! Greg

Went looking thru a Southern Living mag and found one that used strawberries (sauce ?) on top....since I'm not a fan of strawberries, didn't want to use it.

Thought about toasted almond slivers arranged around the edge, with/without some whipped cream also.

thanks for the suggestion.

ray

Hi there - I just made a delicious lime cheesecake which was layered - first the cheesecake layer, then a thin sour cream layer topped off with a lime glaze which is almost like the filling of a lemon meringue pie (except made with limes, of course.) As a garnich, I heated up some raspberry jam and ribboned it throughout the topping. It was beautiful and the tast of the raspberry and lime together was amazing! Patty