This is a very popular Atlantic Beach pie recipe, which is a huge success in American restaurants, especially on North Carolina Coast. Its uniqueness lies in harmonious combination of a salty, dense base made from salted crackers, creamy, sour-tart filling with juice citrus fruits, plus mountains of whipped cream. You can just go crazy. BUT if you are also a lover of experimentation, you can sprinkle cream сверху морской солью. 
Time: –Difficulty: easy. Recipes use volumetric containers of volume: 1 glass (st.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cup (Art.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (st.) – 60 ml 1 tablespoon (tbsp.) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml
Ingredients for the recipe:
The foundation
- Salted crackers – 300 grams
- Butter (softened) – 8 to 10 tablespoons (130 gr.)
- Sugar – 3 tablespoons
Filling
- Condensed milk with sugar – 400 grams
- Egg yolks – 4 pieces
- Freshly squeezed lemon juice – 1/2 cup
- Whipped cream – 1 cup
- Powdered Sugar – 2 Tbsp
Recipes with similar ingredients: crackers, condensed milk, eggs, lemon juice, cream, icing sugar
Recipe preparation:
- Preheat the oven to 180 C.
- Finely crush crackers (not dust) into a medium-sized bowl. Add sugar and butter, knead until the cracker mixture stick together like dough. Now we need to lay out our bottom with this mixture baking dish with a diameter of 20 cm. Cool for 15 minutes, then bake for about 15 to 20 minutes until a pleasant golden shade. Remove from the oven and refrigerate.
- In a medium bowl, beat the egg yolks into the condensed milk, pour lemon juice. It is important to mix these ingredients very well. Right away pour into a pie shape, bake for 15 to 18 minutes, until the filling will not catch. Cool.
- In a large bowl, whisk or whip the cream and icing sugar. Spread over the entire surface of the pie. Pie Atlantic beach is served on the table completely cold, so it’s better cuts. It can be stored up to 4 days in the refrigerator.
