This Lemon Lime Cream Pie is unbelievably citrusy and ultra creamy. Pour the filling into a graham cracker pie crust and top with whipped cream rosettes and fruit for a citrusy treat.
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It’s hard to find lemon and lime recipes. Usually, it’s just one or the other. But combining both of these fruits creates a unique and wonderful tart flavor.
In some parts of the country, you may consider this a chiffon pie since it’s made with gelatine, so I am saying this out loud: this is a creamy chiffon pie at its best! I think you are going to love it.
Crazy For Citrus
- For all of you citrus lovers, you will love this Mandarin Caramel Creme for an easy-to-make but decadent orange-flavored custard dessert.
- Another citrus pie you will love is this very unique Lemon Sponge Pie. Yes, you can have cake and pie in one delicious dessert. But if you want to make a fun cake, try this Mountain Dew Cake, which has the best lemon flavor in a moist, tender bundt cake.
- This Mandarin Orange Bundt Cake has pieces of mandarins baked inside and a mandarin citrus glaze on top.
Recipe Highlights
- If you like light, creamy, refreshing citrus desserts, this pie will become your favorite. It is a summer go-to dessert, and it always gets rave reviews.
- This recipe is simple to make it is basically a no-bake pie. I have to count the 5 minutes I baked the graham cracker crust, but after that, it’s no-bake.
- I love a recipe with simple ingredients, and this pie has just eight, and they are all easy to find.
Lemon Lime Pie Ingredients
Graham crust – This pie is made with my 4-ingredient homemade graham cracker crust that is so simple to make, but a 9_inch, premade store-bought crust will work just as well, and your pie will be just as tasty.
Lemons and limes – You want that pure citrus flavor, so for this pie, splurge and buy fresh fruit. For this recipe, I used 4 lemons and 3 limes for the juice, zest, and garnish. Here is a handy guide about how much juice is in a lemon to help determine exactly how many lemons you should be buying for recipes. It’s very helpful.
Blackberries—These will garnish the top of the pie, so buy the prettiest berries you can find. Of course, you can use any berries or none at all.
Gelatine – The one ingredient that makes this pie work is unflavored gelatine, something not everyone keeps in their panty, but it will thicken the batter nicely. Gelatine is actually on my list of the basic pantry ingredients to keep in your cupboard; check it out.
Condensed milk – This makes this pie nice and creamy with a little sweetness.
How To Make Lemon Lime Cream Pie
Step 1. I hope you have a citrus reamer because this recipe requires some serious juicing. But, before you start juicing the lemons and limes, you need to zest two of each for inside the pie and the garnish. A nice, sharp citrus zester will get the job done in no time, and you can learn how to zest a lemon in the post.
After zesting, cut the lemons and limes in half and juice them. You will need approximately 3/4 cups of lemon juice and 1/2 cup of lime juice. Go ahead and juice the zested ones too.
After all that juicing, you get the benefit of your kitchen smelling a bit like a lemon grove; stop and take a whiff right now.
Step 2. Prepare the gelatine by pouring cold water into a small bowl and sprinkle the gelatine over the water.
Step 3. Immediately stir or whisk the gelatine and set aside for 5 minutes. Stand the bowl in a heatproof bowl of hot water and stir until the gelatine dissolves.
Step 4. Add the chilled condensed milk, heavy cream, juices and zest to a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until the mixture thickens, about 3-4 minutes. Warning: This will splatter.
Step 5. To temper the dissolved gelatine, pour 2 tablespoons of the cream batter into it.
Step 6. Next pour the tempered gelatine mixture into the batter and mix on medium speed for a minute, then on medium-high speed for about three to four minutes until the batter becomes thick and creamy. Use a handheld mixer or a stand mixer with a whip attachment.
The consistency of the batter will be pourable; it will not be ultra-thick.
Step 7. Pour the batter into the prepared graham cracker pie crust. Depending on the depth of the pie crust, you will probably have too much batter. I had 1/2 cup of batter left, so I poured it into a dessert glass and added crushed graham crackers to the top, along with more fruit. This made a nice little extra lemon-lime blackberry dessert.
Step 8. That’s it; your pie is done. But if you want to add some extra bling to your pie, follow these next steps. First, let that luscious filling firm up in the fridge for two hours.
Step 9. Beat cold heavy whipping cream in a medium-sized bowl until stiff peaks form, then fill a piping bag to pipe rosettes on top of the pie.
Add blackberries to the rosettes and slices of lemon and lime between them. If you have extra citrus zest, you can sprinkle that on top of the pie.
The lemon and lime flavors deliver a unique tart flavor, and the juicy blackberries add the perfect sweetness to this awesome pie.
Variations
- For a different flavor, try using raspberries or strawberries.
- You can substitute graham crackers for vanilla wafers or shortbread cookies for a different pie crust. T
- Do you love Key Limes? Feel free to swap them out with the regular limes.
- A meringue topping would be another way to top this pie.
Lemon Lime Pie FAQs
For this recipe, you need gelatine to add body to the pie so it holds its shape.
Another way to add the whipped cream on top is to cover the whole pie with the whipped cream like a frosting. You can still add blackberries on top and sprinkle with the citrus zest.
A chiffon pie has a lighter filling than a cream pie and is usually made with gelatine which thickens the filling, and is considered a no-bake pie. Cream pie fillings are made with pastry cream or custard that is cooked and very thick.
Equipment Needed
Good kitchen tools just make the job easier.
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Lemon Lime Cream Pie
Ingredients
- 1 9 inch Graham Cracker Crust homemade or premade
Lemon Lime Blackberry Filling
- 1 pack Knox gelatin
- 2 tablespoons water
- 14 ounce sweetened condensed milk chilled
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream chilled
- ¾ cup lemon juice fresh
- ½ cup lime juice fresh
- 1 ½ tablespoons grated lemon zest
- 1 ½ tablespoons grated lime zest
- 1 pint blackberries
Whipped Cream
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream whipped
Instructions
Pie Filling
- Zest the lemon and limes over a piece of parchment paper or wax paper to make 1 ½ tablespoons of each. This will be about one lemon and two limes.
- Juice the lemons and limes until you have approximately ¾ cups of lemon juice and ½ cup of lime juice. Use the lemons and limes you zested for the juice.
- Dissolve the gelatin by adding 2 tablespoons of cold water to a small bowl, sprinkle the dry gelatin over the top, and whisk to dissolve the gelatin. Let this sit for 5 minutes. Set the bowl in a larger bowl of hot water to totally dissolve the gelatin, for about 30 seconds.
- Add the chilled condensed milk, heavy cream, juices and zest to a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until the mixture thickens. Note: This will splatter! This takes about 3-4 minutes.
- Add 2 tablespoons of the batter to the cooled dissolved gelatin and mix together to temper the gelatin. Pour the tempered gelatin into the cream batter and beat at medium-high speed for about three minutes until the mixture is thick and creamy.
Assembly
- Pour the cream mixture into the cooled graham pie shell and refrigerate the pie for at least 2 hours to firm up.
Whipped Cream
- Whip the heavy cream to firm peaks, then add to a piping bag with a rosette tip and pipe rosettes over the top of the tip. Optionally you can spread the whipped cream spread over the pie filling.
- Decorate the top of the pie with the blackberries and slices of lemon and limes. If you have extra lemon and lime zest you can sprinkle that on top of the pie.
Serving and Storing
- Serve this pie chilled and cover any uneaten pie and store it in the refrigerator for up to three days
Notes
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First published: Sept. 22, 2017, Last updated August 3, 2024 for better readability
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From learning to cook on a farm in Indiana to culinary school in California, my passion for food is never-ending. Turning on my oven to bake something for friends and family is my happy place, and I am glad to be here at One Hot Oven sharing sweet and savory family-friendly recipes for your cooking and baking inspiration.
This was the perfect cream pie I ever had. It was easy to make and the ending is just phenomenal. Loved it.
This was so good! It was bright, fresh, easy to make. Will be making again for Easter.
This was such a bright and delicious dessert, perfect for spring!
I brought this to our family gathering last Sunday and everyone was pleased with its amazing flavors! This lemon lime cream pie recipe is definitely a must-try!
This was so light and refreshing. Perfect for the Australian spring weather we are having!!
I made it over the weekend for friends ad everyone loved it. I even had a sneaky piece for breakfast the following morning, so good!
This was excellent! Thanks
Absolutely love the citrus-y flavors! not potent but enough to be refreshing. A great summer dessert.
Fam really loved this recipe! Thank you so much for sharing this amazing recipe! Will surely have this again! It’s really easy to make and it tasted so delicious!
This pie was the perfect summer dessert. It was light and citrusy and so easy to make! And I had everything in my pantry.
The kids loved it!
Well I love graham crackers, blackberries, and anything lemon. So I’m in, can’t wait to try it!
Drooling as I wish I could reach in and get a slice, Looks amazing and I know my family will love it
No need to ask: I always want a slice of pie! Especially a tangy, lemony one. And I even have homemade blackberry jam to use for it!
will make this on our next lunch out, this lemon lime looks so good its calling me to eat all
Sounds delicious! I love fruit deserts, much more than chocolate treats.. I can’t wait to make it when the summer gets here.
My tastebuds are puckering reading this post. Lemon desserts are so delicious and this pie is absolutely gorgeous.