Kentucky Pecan Pie

Name: Kentucky Pecan Pie
Prep time: 3 h 55 min
Cook time: 3 h 55 min
Total time: 3 h 55 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps bourbon, if desired; 79 milliliters butter or margarine, melted; 237 milliliters corn syrup; 3 eggs; 237 milliliters Gold all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters pecan halves or broken pecans; 1 teaspoons salt; 170 grams bag semisweet chocolate chips (1 cup); 79 milliliters shortening; 158 milliliters sugar; 2 Tbsps cold water

Kentucky Pecan Pie might be just the Southern recipe you are searching for. This recipe makes 8 servings with 626 calories, 6g of protein, and 35g of fat each. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Thanksgiving. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 3 hours and 55 minutes. If you have semisweet chocolate chips, butter, water, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It works well as a dessert.

Instructions

In medium bowl, mix flour and 1/2 teaspoon salt.

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All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Cut in shortening, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until particles are size of small peas.

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Shortening

Peas

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Blender

Sprinkle with cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with fork until all flour is moistened and pastry almost cleans side of bowl (1 to 2 teaspoons more water can be added if necessary).

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All Purpose Flour

Water

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Bowl

Gather pastry into a ball. Shape into flattened round on lightly floured surface. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate about 45 minutes or until dough is firm and cold, yet pliable. This allows the shortening to become slightly firm, which helps make the baked pastry more flaky. If refrigerated longer, let pastry soften slightly before rolling.

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Shortening

Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Heat oven to 375F. With floured rolling pin, roll pastry into round 2 inches larger than upside-down 9-inch glass pie plate. Fold pastry into fourths; place in pie plate. Unfold and ease into plate, pressing firmly against bottom and side. Trim overhanging edge of pastry 1 inch from rim of pie plate. Fold and roll pastry under, even with plate; flute as desired.

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Roll

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Rolling Pin

Oven

In large bowl, beat sugar, butter, corn syrup, bourbon, 1/2 teaspoon salt and the eggs with wire whisk or hand beater. Stir in pecans and chocolate chips.

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Chocolate Chips

Corn Syrup

Bourbon

Butter

Pecans

Sugar

Egg

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Pour into pastry-lined pie plate. Cover edge of pastry with 2- to 3-inch strip of foil to prevent excessive browning.

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Aluminum Foil

Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until set, removing foil for last 15 minutes of baking. Cool 30 minutes. Refrigerate until chilled, about 2 hours.

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Oven

Aluminum Foil

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Ingredients

Servings:

2Tbsps

bourbon, if desired 79milliliters

butter or margarine, melted 237milliliters

corn syrup 3

eggs 237milliliters

Gold all-purpose flour 237milliliters

pecan halves or broken pecans 1teaspoons

salt 170grams

bag semisweet chocolate chips (1 cup)79milliliters

shortening 158milliliters

sugar 2Tbsps

cold water

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel are my top picks 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. The Selbach Oster Mosel Riesling Kabinett with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 15 dollars per bottle.