Individual Pecan Pies with Sweet Tea Caramel Sauce

Name: Individual Pecan Pies with Sweet Tea Caramel Sauce
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 59 milliliters dark corn syrup; 1 egg white, chilled; 2 eggs; 237 milliliters all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting; 118 milliliters heavy cream; 2 Tbsps ice water, only if needed; 59 milliliters light brown sugar; 237 milliliters pecan halves; 2 Tbsps finely ground pecans; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 pinch Pinch salt; 59 milliliters sugar; 118 milliliters sugar; 1 Tbsp sugar; 6 earl grey tea bags; 0 sticks unsalted butter, melted; 118 milliliters (1 stick) unsalted butter, cold and cut into small chunks; 1 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 946 milliliters vanilla bean ice cream; 473 milliliters water

Individual Pecan Pies with Sweet Tea Caramel Sauce is a Southern recipe that serves 6. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 12g of protein, 57g of fat, and a total of 959 calories. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 20 minutes. A mixture of salt, butter, ground pecans, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful.

Instructions

In a food processor combine the ground pecans, flour, salt, and sugar.

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Pecans

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Food Processor

Add the butter and process until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

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Butter

Pour in the egg white and blend it in to bind the dough until it holds together without being too wet or sticky. Squeeze a small amount of dough together, if it is crumbly, add the ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

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Egg Whites

Water

Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Lightly coat a 12-cup muffin tray with nonstick spray.

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Muffin Tray

Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to about a 2 foot square, then use a small bowl 3-inches in diameter or a large 3-inch ring mold as a guide to cut out circles. They should be slightly larger in diameter than the muffin tin hole, so when pressed in, the edges come half-way up the sides of the tin.

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Dough

Roll

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Muffin Tray

Bowl

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

In a large mixing bowl, mix the eggs until frothy then blend in sugars. Stir in the melted butter, vanilla, syrup and salt until well blended. Arrange the pecans on the bottoms of the tart shells.

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Tart Shells

Vanilla

Butter

Pecans

Syrup

Egg

Salt

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Mixing Bowl

Pour in the filling to fill the shells almost to the top.

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Pasta Shells

Bake until the filling is set and slightly puffed, about 25 to 30 minutes. Test for doneness by sticking a thin knife in the center of the pie, if it comes out pretty clean, you're good to go.

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Oven

Knife

Transfer the pies to a rack and cool.

While the pie is baking, make the Sweet Tea Caramel Sauce. Begin my making the tea. Bring 2 cups of cold water to a boil in a large heavy saucepan.

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Caramel Sauce

Sweet Tea

Water

Tea

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Sauce Pan

Add the tea bags, cover and let steep for 20 minutes.

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Tea Bag

Remove the tea bags (squeeze them out) and then return to a simmer until it has reduced by half - so you have 1 cup of really strong tea remaining.

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Tea

Add the 1/2 cup of sugar to the saucepan and continue to simmer over medium heat. Cook, swirling the pot around, until the mixture is a deep caramel color and looks like syrup, about 10 minutes. Carefully pour in the cream, be careful as it will bubble up, and continue to cook for 1 more minute.

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Caramel Color

Cream

Sugar

Syrup

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Sauce Pan

Pot

Serve with individual pecan pies and a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream.

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Vanilla Bean

Ice Cream

Pecans

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Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel are great choices for Southern. 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. You could try Forge Cellars Classique Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 4 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 21 dollars per bottle.