Recipes

[SXMGirl]

I am making Ina Garten's frozen key lime pie for a girlfriend lunch tomorrow.  The recipe calls for 6 egg yolks in the batter.  This is my first time making key lime pie, and I trust Ina's recipes, but I am concerned about raw eggs.  I am not seeing pasteurized on my egg carton, even though I am using Eggland's Best.  Are raw yolks safe?   I know that I see them used all of the time on the cooking shows.  Any help is greatly appreciated!  TIA!

[sweetee2]

When I make my French Silk pie it also calls for raw eggs. I buy the liquid eggs. They are safe for using raw eggs.

[SXMGirl]

@sweetee2thanks!

[DiAnne]

I eat eggs over easy or sunny side up so those are raw yolks.  I don't think much about it.  

[RedTop]

I don’t make, or eat, any recipe that calls for raw eggs.   It’s a personal thing with me due to an allergy to egg whites.   

[Sooner]

I would never serve to nor make for someone else a dish with raw eggs. 

[SXMGirl]

I made the key lime pie exactly as Ina wrote it and it was fabulous.  I had real key limes, which might have made a difference.  While I was concerned about the raw eggs, I think that the key lime juice probably "cooked" the eggs.  I know that Ina tests her recipes repeatedly and everything is measured to a T, so that is why I made it exactly to her recipe.  Everyone raved about it and no one is sick.

[ECBG]

From Google:

Egg yolks would normally start to cook at 140°F, but you can use a microwave to pasteurize egg yolks without cooking them, so they can safely be used in mayonnaise and other preparations requiring raw egg yolks. How it works is by adding acid to the egg yolks — either in the form of lemon juice or vinegar.Sep 23, 2015

[Sooner]

Eggs have to be cooked to a certain temp for a certain time to be safe. Please don’t serve them to anyone without checking with them first at least. 

[BeccaLou]

Use egg beaters to be safe. They come in whole egg, and also egg whites. Even store brand homegenized.