Description
This maple pecan pie is my mother’s basic recipe for the Thanksgiving feast.
- Flaky pie pastry to suit a 9-inch pie or tart pan (I used a tart pan for this)
For the filling:
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup pure maple syrup
- 2 TBS melted butter
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups coarsely chopped pecans, evenly toasted
- Place an oven rack on the lowest place and preheat the oven to 350. Place a baking sheet within the oven.
- Roll out pastry on a evenly floured floor to an 11-inch circle and match loosely right into a 9-inch tart pan with a detachable backside. Press overlapping dough into the highest fringe of the pan to take away extra and put aside the remaining dough for leaf cutouts.
- To make the leaf cutouts, roll out dough on a evenly floured floor. Use a cookie cutter, or discover some fairly leaves outdoors and hint an overview with a pointy knife. Lay leaves on parchment paper on a cookie sheet and sprinkle with sugar. Prepare dinner alongside tart till evenly golden brown (watch rigorously as leaves might prepare dinner extra shortly than tart).
- Whisk eggs collectively and add the remainder of the filling components, stirring nicely. Pour into pastry shell and place tart pan on baking sheet. Bake 30-35 minutes till filling is ready and pastry is evenly browned. Let cool in a pan on a wire rack.
- Take away the rim of the pan and set the tart, nonetheless with the pan on the underside, on a serving platter. Place leaves on tart.
- Serve with evenly sweetened whipped cream.
- Prep Time: 20
- Prepare dinner Time: 35