Key Lime-Shortbread Icebox Cake

• 3/4 cup fresh Key lime juice (about 36 Key limes)
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 3 large egg yolks
• 2 large eggs
• 7 tablespoons (3 1/2 oz.) unsalted butter
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 (8-oz.) pkg. cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup (about 2 oz.) powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons Key lime zest, plus more for garnish (about 4 Key limes)
• 6 (6-oz.) pkg. shortbread cookies (such as Walkers Shortbread)
• 1 1/4 cups cups roasted unsalted pistachios, finely chopped

1. Prepare the Key Lime Curd: Whisk together lime juice, sugar, cornstarch, egg yolks, and eggs in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high, and cook, whisking often, 1 minute. Add butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, whisking until melted and fully incorporated after each addition.
2. Pour lime juice mixture through a fine wire-mesh strainer into a bowl. Fill a large bowl with ice. Place bowl with strained lime juice mixture in ice. Using a rubber spatula, stir to cool.
3. Prepare the Cream Cheese Filling: Beat heavy cream in a bowl with an electric mixer on high speed until medium peaks form, 2 to 3 minutes. In another bowl, beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, and 2 teaspoons lime zest on high until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add whipped cream to cream cheese mixture, and beat on medium until just combined, about 1 minute; set aside.
4. Assemble the cake: Place 1 layer of the shortbread cookies directly on a cake stand, arranging in a 8-inch circle. Top with a thin layer of Key Lime Curd. Sprinkle with a thin layer of pistachios; spread with a thin layer of Cream Cheese Filling. Repeat layers with remaining shortbread cookies, Key lime Curd, pistachios, and Cream Cheese Filling, ending with Cream Cheese Filling and reserving 2 tablespoons of the pistachios for top of cake. Chill until set, about 2 hours. Sprinkle top of cake with reserved chopped pistachios and desired amount of lime zest.

fresh key lime juice, sugar, cornstarch, egg yolks, eggs, butter, heavy cream, cream cheese, powdered sugar, lime zest, shortbread cookies, pistachios

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/key-lime-shortbread-icebox-cake (may not work)