It was a lunch break about a year ago. It was the time when Cindy and I had our little afternoon chats. We started talking about cooking. She said she makes a pecan pie which her husband loves. That time I had no idea what a pie was. In the next few months, I tasted chocolate pecan pie. By then Cindy had taken up a new job, so I mailed her to ask if she will share her recipe with me. She is very sweet to send it to me. I tried it couple of days later and absolutely loved it. V has become a great fan of it.
Now, I feel it is very difficult to cook something which I have never seen/tasted. So when the pie was baked, I thought something was wrong because of the color. But then I googled and I think I got it right. It does not look as good as it tastes, may be next time, I will do a better job.
With Cindy’s permission, I am posting her recipe as is with exact wordings because she has explained all the steps so well. Thanks dear.
Pie crust:
1 1/8 Cups (5 ounces) all-purpose flour, plus some for dusting work surface
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
8 Tablespoons (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces
About 3 Tablespoons ice water, plus more if necessary
Method:
Combine flour, salt, and sugar in food processor, pulse twice. Add butter and turn on machine. Process until flour and butter are blended — will look like cornmeal, about 10 seconds.
Place mixture in a bowl and sprinkle water over it. Use a wooden spoon or rubber spatula to gather mixture into a ball. if mixture seems dry add 1/2 teaspoon more water. When you can make into a ball, do so and wrap in plastic.
Flatten ball into a disk and freeze dough for 10 minutes. Roll out to 10″ round (less than 1/4 inch deep) and sprinkle with extra flour. Put into 9″ pie pan and prick sides and bottom with a fork.
Bake in a 425F oven for 12 minutes after lining pie shell with foil and weighting with a cup or two of dried beans (to keep the pie shell’s bubbles down).
Remove pie from oven and turn down temp to 350F. Bake another 10-15 minutes more — until golden.
Pie Filling:
2 Cups shelled pecans
5 eggs
1 Cup white sugar — I used just 1/2 cup of white sugar because we usually like less sweet
1/2 Cup brown sugar
pinch salt
6 Tablespoons butter, melted
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
Method:
Set oven to 375F.
Place pecans on baking sheet, toast lightly for 5 minutes or so. Cool pecans. Coarsely chop half or all of the pecans.
Beat eggs well, until foamy. Beat in sugars, salt and butter. Warm mixture in a medium saucepan over medium low heat until hot to touch. Don’t let mixture boil. Stir in vanilla and pecans.
Assembling the pie:
Place pie plate on a cookie sheet to catch any spill over. Pour pecan mixture into prepared pie crust.
Bake 30 – 40 minutes until mixture shakes like Jello but is still quite moist. Cool on a rack and serve warm or at room temperature.
Serves : 8 big pieces
shilpa, I just love these pies.Pecan pie is truly delicious and ur s look too tempting.
I made this one last week replacing walnuts.Nice to know ur version.Thanks
The pie looks too delicious
Pie looks great Shilpa !! I’ve never made a pie, will try this one of these days. Thats a great tip with the dried beans..
Pecan pie is my absolute favorite! I amde it last year for thanksgiving and served with some bourbon whipped cream..it was heavenly! great recipe Shilpa!:)
Pecans,one of my fav.nuts..looks so delicious..
I tried to make an apple pie once and it turned out a disaster – the crust i mean. So, I’m pretty terrified of trying a pie. Is this the first time u r making a pie?
Maybe i shld try again. Thanks for sharing.
Shilpa: I made the crust for the first time. But otherwise, this was my second pie. The first was with a chocolate pecan ready mix. Third is the lemon meringue pie
You did excellently! I make this every year for thanksgiving as my family loves it so, but I find it too sweet so I have a small piece and that’s all! Only thing I can pick on you and your pie is this: usually a few pecan-halves are reserved out to make a pattern on top- you just lay them on top of the filling before baking, but otherwise your pie is totally perfect- beautifully golden- and if my mom and sis even saw your pic above they would be hounding me to make one for them right away!
nice looking one… alas i dont have an oven…
Pecan pies are southern classic. Looks great Shilpa. Here they add whole Pecans on top of dark syrup filling. Great recipe!:))
Oh that looks great Shilpa! Nice to see you back blogging again!
Shilpa, the pie tasted good, thats all that is needed…btw it looks super good to me! We don’t get pecans here. Loved the pie!! (my first was cherry pie, readymade filling, the crust was good!)
Hey your pecan pie looks great Shilpa,though I dont have a sweet tooth I can surely say it must be tasting great.
The pie looks good. I always got the Trader Joe, pecan pie’s. Yet to try baking and getting hands on on pie’s. Does not look easy though.
it looks perfect. at the first attempt? wow.
Yummy looking pie Shilpa..:D
Siri
I luv this pieeeeeeee! Made it 2 weeks back! yum!
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look at your pie. Yum, I wish i had a bite now. Hope you re participating my Tried and Tasted event this month.
Yummy,delicious looking pie,can I have a bite??he…he
Wonderful recipe..
Gorgeous!! I just adore pecan pie!