"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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> "Alice Faber" > wrote in message
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>> In article >,
>> "W. Baker" > wrote:
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>>> I was watching I was watching America's Test Ktchen-Cooks Country today
>>> and they had a recipe for a key lime pie. It uses a large(14 oz) can of
>>> sweetened condensed milk in the filling. Much of the rest of the
>>> filling
>>> ingredients are easily made or are low carb friendly(lime juice, cream
>>> cheese, a little gelatin,a little vanilla pudding and some sugar).
>>> Have
>>> any of you ay idea how to make swweetened evaporated mlk to substitute.
>>> How much artificial sweetener would be needed and could you just mix it
>>> in
>>> a 14oz can or would you hae to reduce the amount of milk as you do
>>> bitter
>>> chocolate if you are making it a replacement for a sweetened chocolate?
>>>
>>> It might be fun to try this wit a nut, rather than a grahm cracker crust
>>> for a different treat.
>>>
>>> They also had a mile high lemon meringue pie with a custard I might use
>>> with regular meringue make with an artifcial sweetener-not the Italian
>>> meringue with sugar syrup that they used. It would not be mile high,
>>> just
>>> a few feet:-)
>>>
>>
>> I use heavy cream and Splenda. I think what I did was look at the sugar
>> content on a can of condensed milk at the supermarket, and see what the
>> carb content was, and then worked backward, assuming that some of the
>> carbs were lactose in the milk.
>>
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> If you have a low carb version of Key Lime pie, I would love to try it.
> It is a great favorite of my husband's.
> --
>
> Evelyn
>

Evaporated milk normally contains no added sugar; condensed milk
normally does. However, it has about the same amount of lactose,
so you should check if they gives a carbs level low enough for you.

http://www.foodreference.com/html/fevaporatedmilk.html

I did a web search and found a few recipes; I haven't tried them.

<http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Key-Lime-Pie---Low-Carb-Version/Detail.aspx>

http://www.recipezaar.com/Low-Carb-Key-Lime-Pie-69545

<http://www.massrecipes.com/recipes/04/12/sugarfreelowcarbkeylimepi269394.html>

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art9627.asp

<http://www.recipes-4u.co.uk/low-carb/Key-Lime-Pie--Diabetic-.html>

Robert Miles