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

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.