American Pecan Pie

Ingredients

• 1 sheet shortcrust pastry
• For filling: 300g pecan halves, 4 eggs, 200g brown sugar, 200ml golden syrup or maple, 60g butter melted, 1 tbsp vanilla, 2 tbsp bourbon (optional), 1 tsp salt

Instructions

1. Roll the pastry; line a 23cm tin; blind-bake at 180C for 12 min with weights.
2. Whisk eggs, sugar, syrup, butter, vanilla, bourbon and salt until smooth.
3. Spread the pecans in the pastry case.
4. Pour the filling over.
5. Bake at 170C for 40-45 min until the filling is just set with a slight wobble in the centre.
6. Cool fully — filling sets as it cools.

Serving suggestions

• Lovely with vanilla ice cream.

Storage & reheating

Keeps 4 days.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is not yet available for this recipe. Values vary with portion size and exact ingredients — we will add verified figures here soon.

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