Tequila Lime Tart
- about eleven 4 3/4- by 2 1/4-inch graham crackers
- 1/4 cup pine nuts
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- 4 large egg yolks
- 1/2 cup fresh lime juice
- 1/4 cup gold tequila
- 2 large egg whites
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- Accompaniment: whipped cream, fresh lime slices
- Special equipment: a 9 1/2- to 10-inch tart pan (1 inch deep) with a removable bottom
- Preheat oven to 325F.
- Make crust:
- Into a food processor crumble graham crackers and finely grind enough to measure 11/2 cups.
- Transfer to a bowl.
- In food processor pulse pine nuts with sugar until finely ground.
- Melt butter and cool to lukewarm.
- Stir nut mixture and butter into crumbs and press evenly onto bottom and up side of tart pan.
- Make filling:
- Squeeze enough juice from limes to measure 1/2 cup.
- In a large bowl whisk together lime juice, condensed milk, yolks, and tequila until just combined well.
- In another large bowl with an electric mixer beat whites with sugar until they hold soft peaks.
- Stir one fourth meringue into milk mixture to lighten and fold in remaining meringue gently but thoroughly.
- Spoon filling into crust.
- (If using a 9 1/2-inch tart pan, filling will be mounded and look as if it will overflow, but dont worry, it wont.)
- Bake tart until edges of filling are puffed but not browned and center seems almost set when gently shaken, 25 to 30 minutes.
- Cool tart completely on a rack.
- Chill tart, loosely covered, until cold, about 2 hours, and up to 1 day.
- Serve tart in wedges with dollops of whipped cream.
- Garnish with lime slices.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/tequila-lime-tart-102000 (may not work)