St Clement’s pie

St Clement’s pie

A very British version of Key lime pie - an indulgent, creamy tart with tangy oranges and lemons

Difficulty and servings

Easy

CUTS INTO 8-10 slices

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 1 hr

Cook time

Cook 35 mins

plus cooling and chilling

Method

  1. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Sit a fluted 20cm round loose-bottomed tin (about 5cm deep, or a slightly shallower 22cm tin) on a baking sheet. Break the biscuits into a big bowl, or double-bag them in food bags, and bash to big crumbs with the end of a rolling pin or small saucepan. Add the cornflakes and bash a bit more to crumbs. Mix with the melted butter and sugar and press into the base and sides of the tin. Bake for 15 mins, then remove and reduce oven temperature to 160C/140C fan/gas 3.
  2. Whisk egg and yolks in a big bowl until pale and frothy. Whisk in the condensed milk, followed by the zests and juices. Pour in the tin and bake for 20 mins. Cool in the tin, then chill for at least 5 hrs, or overnight.
  3. Whip the cream, yogurt and icing sugar together. Dollop on the pie and scatter with zest to serve.

PER SERVING

647 kcalories, protein 12.0g, carbohydrate 87.0g, fat 27.0 g, saturated fat 15.0g, fibre 1.0g, sugar 63.0g, salt 1.1 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2012.

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  • 28 March 2012

    lesley rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    when I made it this weekend, I had problems with the base - there is too much sugar, which didn't all want to dissolve in the butter, there wasn't enough butter to sufficiently moisten all the digestives and cornflakes and it made way too much base even for my 23cm pie dish. Next time I will leave out the sugar and the cornflakes (which aren't as nice when they get soggy). I could only get sweetened condensed milk too, so I left out the sugar in the topping. The middle layer was nice and tangy though and my kid loved it and couldn't get enough of it.

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  • 02 April 2012

    Lynne rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    I agree with Lesley above, there was way too much base for my 23cm tin! The base was very crumbly, so when I make for my in-laws on Easter Sunday I'm going to omit the cornflakes - which no-one particularly liked - and sugar. Lovely filling and topping however!

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    07 April 2012

    kat rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Easy to make and delicious.

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  • 08 April 2012

    Louise commented on this recipe

    I made this for Easter Sunday but as with Lesley above, there was far to much base and I found the cornflakes went soggy. Overall the filling was very tasty but the base was disappointing - I would do a different base with it...possibly I'd use ginger biscuits instead.

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  • 09 April 2012

    Ma Mite rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Yes, I agree with the others over quantity of base ingredients. I made 20 & 23 cm pies! The filling was delicious and went down very well on Easter Sunday, along with the Rhubarb Crumble from same edition of the magazine.

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  • 19 April 2012

    katrina rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    far too sweet for me

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  • 29 April 2012

    Cookie Crumbles rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    So easy to make, one word - Delicious! Don't worry if your base is larger than the recipe, mine was and there was plenty of base mixture you don't need to try and make more.

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  • 05 May 2012

    Catherine79 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Loved this recipe. Looked and tasted great.

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  • 11 June 2012

    Clara commented on this recipe

    I liked the cornflake base but it does go soggy if you aren't going to eat all of the dessert in one sitting. The sugar in the base was odd and I think I will leave out next time. A nice if not calorific treat.

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    Clara rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

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  • 22 November 2012

    Derek Player rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I cheated and bought a base ready done - but the filling and topping was tasty !

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  • 24 January 2013

    ValerieCoker commented on this recipe

    Not tried this yet but agree that I would use gingernuts for the base. With the extra egg yolks it would be a good dessert to make at the same time as a meringue based receipe.

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  • 21 March 2013

    amywalsh1985 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Absolutely lovely, and quite easy too. After reading comments I didn't use the cornflakes and I only put a small bit of sugar in to the base. I didn't find that I really had too much base though which is weird (as everyone else seems to say that), maybe just a bit spare. I would definitley make this again.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

CUTS INTO 8-10 slices

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 1 hr

Cook time

Cook 35 mins

plus cooling and chilling

Ingredients

FOR THE CRUST

  • 250g light digestive biscuits
  • 100g cornflakes
  • 85g butter , melted
  • 140g caster sugar

FOR THE FILLING

  • 1 large egg , plus 4 large egg yolks
  • 397g can light condensed milk
  • zest and juice 3 lemons
  • zest and juice 2 oranges

FOR THE TOPPING

  • 150ml pot extra-thick double cream
  • 100g 0% fat Greek yogurt
  • 4 tbsp icing sugar
  • more lemon and orange zest, to decorate
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PER SERVING

647 kcalories, protein 12.0g, carbohydrate 87.0g, fat 27.0 g, saturated fat 15.0g, fibre 1.0g, sugar 63.0g, salt 1.1 g

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