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Key lime and coconut pie

Pastry:

1 1/2 cups flour

1 tsp sugar

dash of salt

1 egg yolk

1/3 cup butter

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Sift dry ingredients together. chop butter into mixture to make crumbly mix. Add sugar, egg yolk, and cold water until firm dough forms. Roll out dough and drape in pie pan. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden. Reduce oven temp to 325 degrees.

Filling:

1 1/4 cups coconut milk

2 eggs, separated

3-4 key limes, juiced and rind grated

3/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup cornstarch

In a saucepan, slowly add cornstarch and coconut milk. Stir continually until mix begins to boil. Cook for 3 minutes more until thickened, keep stirring. Remove from heat and add key lime juice, rind, egg yolks, and 1/4 cup sugar. Pour into pastry crust. Stiffen egg whites into meringue while whisking in 1/2 cup sugar. spread over filling and bake for 10-15 minutes. Garnish with key lime rind.