Oh So Good Key Lime Pie

1 T Unflavored gelatin (1 env.)

 

1/2 c Sugar

1/4 t Salt

4 ea Egg yolks

1/2 c Lime juice

1/4 c Water

1 t Grated lime peel

1 x Few drops green food color

4 ea Egg whites

1/2 c Sugar

1 c Heavy cream, whipped

1 ea 9-in baked pastry shell

1 x Pistachio nuts, chopped

1 x Lime slices for garnish

1 x Heavy cream, whipped, to top

Thoroughly mix gelatin,
1/2 cup sugar,
and salt in saucepan.

Beat together
egg yolks, lime juice, and water;
stir into gelatin mixture.

Cook and stir over medium heat
just till mixture comes to boiling.

Remove from heat;
stir in grated peel.

Add food coloring sparingly
to tint pale green.

Chill, stirring occasionally,

until the mixture mounds slightly when
dropped from a spoon.

Beat egg whites till soft peaks form;
gradually add 1/2 c sugar,
beating to stiff peaks.

Fold gelatin mixture into egg whites.

Fold in whipped cream.

Pile into cooled baked pastry shell.

Chill till firm.

Spread with more whipped cream;
edge with grated lime peel.

Sprinkle chopped pistachio nuts in center.

Garnish with thinly sliced lime placed
in whipped cream mounds around edge of pie.