Chocolate pecan pie
- TM31
- TM5
- TM6
- Difficulty Easy
- Active time 20 minutes
- Total time 1hour 55 minutes
- Servings 8 portions
- Pastry
- 250 g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
- 60 g white sugar
- 150 g unsalted butter, chilled and cut into pieces
- 1 egg yolk
- 40 g cold water
- Filling
- 100 g dark chocolate chips
- 300 g pecan halves
- 30 g unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 80 g white sugar
- 80 g brown sugar
- 50 g pure maple syrup, plus extra for brushing
- 2 eggs
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 tsp natural vanilla extract
- cream or ice cream, to serve
Preparation
Pastry
- Preheat oven to 180°C. Set aside a round, loose-based tart tin (25 cm).
- Place flour, sugar, butter, egg yolk and water into mixing bowl and mix 10 sec/speed 6. Transfer pastry onto a silicone bread mat or lightly floured work surface and shape into a ball. Wrap pastry in plastic wrap and place into refrigerator for approx. 30 minutes or until firm enough to roll out.
- Line pastry base with baking paper and fill with pie weights, rice or dried beans. Bake for 10 minutes (180°C). Carefully remove baking paper with weights, then place back into oven and bake for a further 5 minutes (180°C), until golden. Set pastry case aside. Reduce oven temperature to 170°C.
- Place a bowl onto mixing bowl lid and weigh chocolate chips into it. Set aside.
- Place a separate bowl onto mixing bowl lid and weigh 130 g of the pecans into it. Set aside.
- Place remaining 170 g pecans into mixing bowl and chop 2 sec/speed 5. Transfer into bowl with reserved chocolate chips and set aside.
- Place butter into mixing bowl and melt 2 min/90°C/speed 1.
- Add sugars, syrup, eggs, egg yolks and vanilla and mix 10 sec/speed 4.
- Scatter base of reserved pastry case with reserved chocolate chips and pecans. Pour filling into pastry case, then decoratively arrange reserved pecans halves over filling. Bake for 30 minutes (170°C) or until golden brown and filling is set. While still hot, brush top of pie with extra syrup to glaze. Allow to cool completely, then serve with cream or ice cream.
