Rod’s Pinon Pie

Name: Rod’s Pinon Pie
Yield: Serves 6-8
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 2 fl oz (50 ml) dark corn syrup; 2-3 tablespoons dark rum; 5 oz (150 g) pinons (pine nuts) or pecan nuts, walnuts, almonds or a mixture of any of these; 3 oz (75 g) sugar; 2 eggs, beaten; 1 teaspoon vanilla essence; 1 egg, lightly beaten; Pinch of salt; 4 oz (110 g) ground almonds; 2-3 tablespoons sugar; 2 oz (75 g) plain chocolate, coarsely chopped; 12 oz (350 g) flour; 8 oz (225 g) chilled unsalted butter, cut in small pieces

St Francis Hotel, Santa Fe

Preparation info

Serves
6-8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Floyd's American Pie

By Keith Floyd

Published 1989

About

Ingredients

2 oz (75 g) plain chocolate, coarsely chopped
5 oz (150

Americas
United States
Pie
Vegetarian

Method

First make the dough. With your fingers or using a food processor, blend the flour, butter, sugar, almonds and salt until you have a fine mixture. Add the egg and vanilla and work in until the dough holds together - you may need another ½ egg or 2 tablespoons