Cashel Blue & Pecan Pie

Name: Cashel Blue & Pecan Pie
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 150 g (5 oz, generous 1 cup) pecan nuts; ½ quantity of sweet pastry; 100 g (4 oz, ½ cup) Cashel Blue or similar mild blue cheese, cut into small cubes; 3 eggs; Flour, for dusting; A pinch of salt; ½ teaspoon vanilla extract; 65 g (2½ oz, 5 tablespoons) unsalted butter; 4 (5) tablespoons golden syrup; 150 g (5 oz, ⅔ cup) soft brown sugar; 2 tablespoons rum

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

A Passion for Cheese

By Paul Gayler

Published 1997

About

Pecan pie is virtually America’s national dessert. The addition of blue cheese makes an interesting variation. I like to serve the pie warm with lashings of double cream.

Ingredients

½ quantity of sweet pastry
Flour, for dusting
65 g (2½ oz

Americas
United States
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 190°C, 375°F, gas 5. Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface until it is 3 mm (⅛ i