Pecan Pie
The Southern Thanksgiving pie — a crisp butter crust filled with toasted pecans set in a dark, gooey custard of eggs, brown sugar and syrup. Baking it until the centre barely jiggles keeps it firm enough to slice rather than runny.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 190 g plain flour
- 1/2 tsp salt, for the pastry
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- 115 g cold butter, cubed, for the pastry
- 4 tbsp ice-cold water
- 250 g pecan halves
- 3 eggs
- 150 g soft dark brown sugar
- 200 ml golden syrup or light corn syrup
- 60 g butter, melted, for the filling
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp salt, for the filling
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 3095 kcal · P 50.5g · C 365g · F 163.3g
Estimated from 12 of 12 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Rub the cold butter into the flour, salt and caster sugar until the largest pieces are pea-sized, then sprinkle over the water and press together into a dough. Flatten into a disc, wrap and chill for 1 hour.
- 2Roll the pastry 3 mm thick and line a 23 cm pie dish. Fold the overhang under and crimp the edge. Chill for 20 minutes.
- 3Heat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan). Toast the pecans on a tray for 8 minutes, until fragrant, and leave to cool. Put a baking tray in the oven to heat.
- 4Line the pastry with baking paper, fill with baking beans and bake for 15 minutes; remove the paper and beans and bake for 5 minutes more.
- 5Whisk the eggs, brown sugar, syrup, melted butter, vanilla and salt until smooth.
- 6Scatter the pecans over the pastry case and pour the filling over them; the nuts float up and form the top.
- 7Set the pie on the hot tray and bake for 45–55 minutes, until the edges are set and the centre jiggles only slightly; cover the crust with foil if it browns too fast.
- 8Cool for at least 3 hours before cutting, so the filling sets.
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Questions and answers
How long does Pecan Pie take to make?
About 165 minutes: 90 min prep and 75 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Pecan Pie?
11 ingredients: plain flour, salt, caster sugar, cold butter, ice-cold water, pecan halves, eggs, soft dark brown sugar, golden syrup or light corn syrup, butter, vanilla extract.
How many servings does this Pecan Pie recipe make?
10 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Pecan Pie?
About 310 kcal, with 5 g protein, 36.5 g carbohydrate and 16.3 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Pecan Pie recipe suit?
It is vegetarian.
What cuisine is Pecan Pie?
Pecan Pie comes from American cuisine.
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