Keto Coconut Key Lime Pie
Keto Coconut Key Lime Pie
Who loves pie?! We know we do. When starting the ketogenic diet one may think they have to cut out all of their favorite foods to stay in ketosis. Well, my friends, we have come to the rescue. Our head chef, Geri, has created so many delicious keto and low carb favorites to all your favorite foods. This pie is sweet, tangy, creamy, and doesn’t lack the flavor punch of the original version, but this one won’t throw you out of ketosis. Now let’s say that a little louder for the people in the back…. #WhatDiet?
Share on Facebook
Ingredients
- For the crust:
- 2 cups crushed Ketonia Coconut Macaroons
- 3 tablespoons butter melted
- 1/3 cup brown swerve
- For the custard:
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 2/3 cup granulated Swerve Sweetener
- 2 teaspoons finely grated lime zest
- Pinch salt
- 1/3 cup key lime juice
- Topping:
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 3 tablespoons confectioners Swerve Sweetener
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Lose weight eating food you love.Shop now on Amazon!Instructions
- For the crust:
- Combine all ingredients together in a bowl
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
- Place all ingredients in a glass pie pan
- Press crumbs evenly up sides and bottom of the pan
- Bake 15 minutes or until golden brown
- Remove from oven and cool
- For the custard:
- In a medium saucepan combine cream, Swerve Sweetener, zest and salt over medium-high heat. Bring to a simmer while stirring frequently to dissolve the sweetener. Simmer vigorously until mixture thickens slightly- about four or five minutes.
- Remove from heat and stir in lime juice. Let sit until mixture has cooled slightly and skin forms on top-about 20 minutes.
- Stir mixture, strain through a fine-mesh strainer into cooled coconut pie crust.
- Refrigerate uncovered until set-about three hours
- Topping:
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 3 tablespoons confectioners Swerve Sweetener
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Combine all ingredients and whip to medium peaks with a kitchen aid or hand mixer.
- Top pie with whipped topping, then, sprinkle with a tablespoon or so of crumbled Ketonia Coconut Macaroons.
Notes
This pie is the perfect dessert for a warm day, a stressful day, a cold day, a Monday, a Friday, really any day of the week. You don’t need to save this bad boy for your cheat days. How could you go wrong with a low carb coconut key lime pie that not only tastes like the original carbo-loaded version but keeps you in ketosis? Again, louder for the people in the back… #WhatDiet?
Scan the QR CodeFor More Keto Recipes!
