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

Ingredients

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Licor 43 Original liqueur (chilled)

2 fl oz

Whipping cream (chilled)

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Coconut rum liqueur (35-40% alc./vol.)

³⁄₄ fl oz

Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur

³⁄₄ fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glassware

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.

Method

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.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Key Lime Pie #1 contains 299 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
13.6% alc./vol. (27.21° proof)
24.1 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Whipping cream — Dairy

Comments & Discussion

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Matthew Kimble 39w

Expressing some oil from a lime peel over the top will add an extra burst of lime.

Martin Pryce 1y

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 M Premium Member 2y

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

Miguel Perales Premium Member 4y

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 Verified User Premium Member 4y

Many thanks for the useful tips, Miguel.

Miguel Perales Premium Member 4y

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.