White Chocolate Mascarpone Key Lime Pie Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Crust: Preheat oven to 350^. Combine graham cracker crumbs, butter and sugar in a large bowl; stir until well mixed. Press into a 9-inch glass plate to form a crust. Bake 10 minutes; transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.(you may use a store bought pie shell if desired.) --- Filling: Place chips in a small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at medium power for 30 second intervals until melted, stirring after each interval. Stir until smooth. Combine chips and sweetened condensed milk. mascarpone, lime juice and lime zest; whisk or beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Pour into cooled crust; smooth top. Chill at least 4 hours; or place in freezer for 15 minutes just before serving. Slice pie into 8 wedges. Serve with dollops or whipped topping. Garnish with toasted coconut and lime slices.

Steps:

• To make the pie:Brush egg whites onto uncooked pie shell using a pastry brush, making sure the shell is evenly coated. Pour off any excess egg whites.
• Pre-heat oven to 350°F Place pie shell in oven and bake for 5 minutes.
• Shell should look golden brown. Let cool at room temperature.
• While the shell is cooling, mix the egg yolks and condensed milk together using a wire whip until incorporated. Pour the key lime juice and zest into the mixture of yolks and condensed milk, slowly mixing with the wire whip until incorporated.
• Add the key lime pie mixture into the cooled pie shell. Adjust the oven temperature to 250° F and bake pie for 25-30 minutes. The finished pie should have a "Jell-O"-like consistency. Place on a cooling rack for 30 minutes at room temperature.
• Place in refrigerator for at least 2 hours before serving. Cut into 8 even slices when serving.
• To make the whipped cream, Instructions:Using an electric mixer, combine heavy cream, powdered sugar and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl. Using the whisk attachment, beat cream mixture on high speed for 2 minutes.
• Add the white chocolate mousse to the cream mixture and mix until it reaches the consistency of stiff peaks.
• Place the whipped cream into a piping bag with an open star tip. When serving, pipe it onto each piece of key lime pie. (If you do not have a piping bag, you can simply dollop a generous scoop of the whipped cream onto the center of each piece.).
• Cut a slice in your lime "wheels," twist and place in the center of each piece.

Steps:

• In a small pan, warm the cream over medium heat till it feels hot, don't let it simmer. Place the chocolate in a heatproof bowl and pour the warm cream over top. Whisk till the chocolate melts. set bowl in ice bath till chilled. Place a piece of plastic wrap on the surface of the mixture and a second one over the bowl and place in fridge for 4 hours (can be done 1 day ahead) In the bowl with electric mixer fitted with whisk attachment, combine the cheese and half the white chocolate mixture and whip 2 minutes till mixed. Add he remaining chocolate mixture and mix on high till frosting hold a peak.
• **Mascarpone cheese is from Italy and is sold in small tubs in most stores. Yield is approx but it is enough to frost 12-16 cupcakes.**Time indicated is chill time.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease the bottom and sides of a 9 1/2-inch glass pie pan with shortening.
• Beat sugar and butter for crust in a bowl on medium speed until smooth. Beat in flour, lime zest, and vanilla extract on low speed just until crumbly. Press evenly into the bottom of the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until light golden brown, 13 to 16 minutes. Remove to a wire rack and let cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• While the crust is cooling, grind shredded coconut in a food processor into a coarse powder.
• Spread coconut powder thinly over the cooled crust.
• Prepare filling: Whip condensed milk, sour cream, lime and Key lime juices, and coconut cream in a medium bowl on low to medium speed until smooth. Add more lime juice or coconut cream to taste; it should be quite sour but not bitter.
• Melt white chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl in 15-second increments just until soft. Mash with a spoon, then quickly add to the filling mixture and whip immediately on high speed to evenly distribute. Whip in food coloring on low speed, then gently fold in whipped topping.
• Pour filling into the pie pan. Cover and refrigerate until filling is fully set, at least 12 hours.
• Remove from the refrigerator. Shave white chocolate with a vegetable peeler over the pie to decorate. Serve immediately or refrigerate until serving.