Sporting a meringue topping that reaches for the sky, Blue Heaven’s legendary key lime pie has achieved cult status. Located ...

Great Southern Café, Seaside. 83 Central Square, Seaside; 850-231-7327; thegreatsoutherncafe.com No Seaside stop is complete without a slice of Key lime pie from Great Southern Café, owned by ...

KEY WEST, Fla. – Two inches of cloud-like meringue sit on top of a tart, key lime-infused custard and a buttery graham cracker crust. It looks like a slice of pie – but it tastes like sunshine.

Key lime pie, as the stories go, dates back to the late 1800s, when Key West cooks blended stale Cuban bread with local limes and cans of sweetened condensed milk, one of the few kinds of milk ...

I drove from Key West to Key Largo and back, chasing hogfish sandwiches, lionfish tacos, and conch everything — and found a ...

Key Lime Pie. Serves 8. Total Time: 1¾ hours, plus 5 hours cooling and chilling. ... Sprinkle meringue with lime zest. Slice pie into wedges with wet knife, wiping knife clean between slices.

Return the pie to the oven for 5 additional minutes. Then turn the oven to broil and brown the meringue for 20 seconds to 1 minute, watching carefully to prevent burning, until the meringue is golden.

But is Key Lime Pie really from Key West? Pastry chef Stella Parks' book, "Bravetart" (W.W. Norton), offers this slice of pie history: the earliest recipe she could find, which dates back to the ...