Molasses Pecan Pie

Name: Molasses Pecan Pie
Yield: Makes one 23 cm pie, about 8 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: One 23 cm pie crust made from Sweet Pastry Dough; One 23 cm pie crust made from Sweet Pastry Dough; 60 ml water; 165 g mild molasses; 60 g unsalted butter; 200 g caster sugar; 2 tablespoons bourbon whiskey, optional; 225 g pecan halves, or a mixture of halves and pieces; 4 medium eggs; ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt; Lightly sweetened whipped cream for serving

Preparation info

Makes one 23 cm pie, about
8
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pastry Perfection

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2014

About

Molasses lends an old-fashioned flavour to a rich pecan pie, in addition to cutting back on the intense sweetness that the typically used corn syrup brings. For traditionalists, see the Variation for my Traditional Pecan Pie recipe.

Ingredients

One 23 cm pie crust made from Sweet Pastry Dough
165 g mild mol

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Method

Set a rack at the lowest level in the oven and preheat to 200°C/gas mark 6.
Stir the molasses, water and sugar together in a saucepan and bring the mixture to the boil over a medium heat. Remove from the heat, add the butter and let it melt into the ho