Chocolate Pecan Pie

Name: Chocolate Pecan Pie
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons cocoa powder; 75 g (3 oz) unsalted butter; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 egg yolk; 50 g (2 oz) butter; 1 tablespoon caster sugar; ½ teaspoon salt; 250 ml (8 fl oz) golden syrup; 3 eggs; 175 g (6 oz) shelled pecan nuts; 75 g (3 oz) soft dark brown sugar; 2 tablespoons rum; 175 g (6 oz) plain flour; 3—4 tablespoons double cream

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 40

Appears in

The Chocolate Lover's Cookbook

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1987

About

Pecan pie is one of the really great pies and chocolate pecan pie is even better. It is bound to be a success whenever it is served.

Ingredients

For the pastry

175 g (6 oz) plain flour
½ teaspoon salt</

Vegetarian
Pie

Method

Oven temperature Gas Mark 4/180°C/350°F

To make the pastry: sift the flour, salt, sugar and baking powder together in a bowl. Cut the butter into small pieces and rub it into the mixture with your fingertips until the mixture has the texture of oatmeal. Blend the egg yolk with the cream and use a fork to stir it into the flour mixture. Form the dough into a round ball, wrap in cl