Name: Key Lime Pie #1
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 15 ml Licor 43; 60 ml Cream; 45 ml Coconut rum liqueur; 22.5 ml Triple sec; 22.5 ml Lime juice

Key Lime Pie #1
Jump to

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
¹⁄₂ oz	Licor 43 Original liqueur chilled
2 oz	Single cream/half-and-half chilled
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Coconut rum liqueur (35-40% alc./vol.)
³⁄₄ oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
³⁄₄ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

Read about cocktail measures and measuring

Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
RIM glass crunched-up Graham Cracker or digestive biscuits. Wipe outside edge of glass rim with cream mix (from the float) and dip into crunched-up biscuits.

How to make:

DRY SHAKE (without ice) cream and vanilla liqueur in a pre-chilled shaker to mix and aerate.
Use to rim glass and set the remainder rest aside.
SHAKE last 3 ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled, rimmed glass.
Carefully FLOAT pre-prepared cream and liqueur mix over the cocktail's surface.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Single cream/half-and-half - Dairy

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

More cocktails with similar strength and taste profile

Review:

This rich cocktail is great when served as a dessert alternative.

View readers' comments

History:

Created by Michael Waterhouse, owner of Dylan Prime in New York City, USA.

More cocktails by Michael Waterhouse

Nutrition:

One serving of Key Lime Pie #1 contains 299 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
13.6% alc./vol. (13.6° proof)
22.4 grams of pure alcohol

More Creamy (e.g. Dirty banana) cocktails
More Dessert cocktails cocktails

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

Join the discussion

Showing 4 comments for Key Lime Pie #1.
See discussion in the Forum

Please log in to make a comment

Martin Pryce

10th August at 20:15

Tastes very much like key lime pie! With single cream the 'float' just sank for me, just shook it all together instead and very yummy.

Peter McCarthy

9th March 2024 at 06:05

Make sure you nail the float, otherwise it'll curdle real quick, lol. Otherwise, tasty!

Miguel Perales

22nd August 2022 at 22:47

Addendum: I tried it again with heavy cream this time. A definite improvement. One thing that I deviated from the recipe this time, I mixed everything together from the start, adding the cream last to minimize "curdling" by the lime juice. It created a better feel to the drink. I also just dusted the top with Graham cracker crumbs. The whole rim made the Graham cracker flavor/smell too dominant. So my recommendation: use the cream instead of the half & half and, if you can, use key lime juice.

Simon Difford

23rd August 2022 at 08:33

Many thanks for the useful tips, Miguel.

Miguel Perales

19th August 2022 at 23:58

I thought to myself, no way this will taste like a key lime pie. I was wrong. Not 100% key lime pie flavor, but pretty darn close. I substituted Nellie and Joe's Key West Lime Juice for the regular lime juice for a more "authentic" flavor. I used 1/2 & 1/2 but will try cream next time. The 1/2 & 1/2 was a bit thin and I would prefer a fuller texture on this drink. Second one I added 1/2 oz pasteurized egg white and just dusted top with Graham crackers, much better mouth feel.