KEY LIME PIE MARTINI Cocktail Recipe

This is one of the first cocktails I ever created and it's still one of my favorites. I love a Key Lime Pie but it has to be in a standard short crust pastry pie shell, not a graham cracker crust and I prefer a brûléed meringue topping over whipped cream. There's a lot of versions out there, but that's my favorite style and the one I styled my original KLPM recipe around.

My first version of my Key Lime Pie Martini recipe called for limeade concentrate instead of key lime juice because the first time I made the cocktail I used actual Key limes and drove myself crazy trying to juice the little buggers without a decent juicer. Key limes are small and hard and I spent forever rolling them around trying to loosen up the juice inside. So I tried a frozen limeade for my next version and, though it didn't have that Key lime flavor, it made a pretty decent, and way easier, drink. It also had the sweetener already included. Plus, Key limes aren't always available and I could keep frozen limeade always on hand in the freezer.
Now I have a juicer so there's no excuse for not using fresh Key lime juice when they're in season. Gotta love the mod-cons, especially if you're in the cocktail business. I do love my juicers, especially when it comes to extracting Key lime juice.

The

KEY LIME PIE

MARTINI

INGREDIENTS:2 Oz. Vanilla Vodka1-1/2 Oz. Fresh Key Lime Juice 1 Oz. Simple Syrup2 Oz. Heavy Cream or Half & Half
Garnish: Pie Crust and Sugar Rim, Lime Slice
Tools: Juicer, Cocktail shaker
Glass: Cocktail
DIRECTIONS:Blind bake a single layer of sugared, prepared pie crust, cool, then crumble. Mix with a teaspoon of sugar. I added in a bit of green sugar crystals for extra color. Dip the glass rim in some lime juice then into the crumbled pie crust mixture. Chill glass in the freezer.Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake until icy cold.Strain into the chilled glass and serve.
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