Bourbon Pecan Pie

Our final New York dish is pecan pie, served in diners up and down this great city. Originally based on a ‘transparent pie’ — a pie with a glossy sweet filling made of brown sugar, molasses or maple syrup — it was probably invented by a native of New Orleans, having purchased a few handfuls of the southern nuts from an Algonquian Indian. ‘Pecan’ is Algonquian for ‘hard nut to crack’ — a little like our illustrious hero.