Chocolate Pecan Pie

Name: Chocolate Pecan Pie
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps good-quality bourbon; 3 Tbsps butter, melted; 118 milliliters dark corn syrup; 3 larges eggs, beaten; 473 milliliters pecan halves; 85 grams semisweet chocolate, chopped; 237 milliliters sugar; 9 inches unbaked pie shell

You can never have too many Southern recipes, so give Chocolate Pecan Pie a try. This recipe serves 10. One portion of this dish contains roughly 15g of protein, 69g of fat, and a total of 1191 calories. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 50 minutes. If you have bourbon, unbaked pie shell, eggs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It will be a hit at your Thanksgiving event.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

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Cover bottom of pie crust with pecans.

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In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs and melted butter.

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Add the corn syrup, sugar, bourbon and the chopped chocolate. Stir until all ingredients are combined.

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Pour mixture into the pie shell over the pecans and place on a heavy-duty cookie sheet.

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Bake for 10 minutes. Lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees F and continue to bake for an additional 25 minutes or until pie is set.

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Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.

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Servings:

2Tbsps

good-quality bourbon 3Tbsps

butter, melted 118milliliters

dark corn syrup 3larges

eggs, beaten 473milliliters

pecan halves 85grams

semisweet chocolate, chopped 237milliliters

sugar 9inches

unbaked pie shell

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern on the menu? Try pairing with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. One wine you could try is Schloss Johannisberg Rotlack Riesling Kabinett Feinherb. It has 4.8 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 40 dollars.