Southern Pecan Pie

Name: Southern Pecan Pie
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 237 milliliters light corn syrup; 3 larges eggs; 237 milliliters packed light brown sugar; 473 milliliters toasted pecan halves; 1 sheet refrigerated piecrust (half a 15-ounce package); 1 teaspoons salt; 5 Tbsps unsalted butter, melted; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Southern Pecan Pie is From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 10 minutes. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Unroll the piecrust and place in a 9-inch pie plate. Fold the overhang under and crimp the edge with a fork or your fingers.

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Bake the crust until light golden brown, about 10 minutes. Cool completely on a rack. (Leave the oven on.)

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Whisk the corn syrup, brown sugar, salt, butter and vanilla in a medium bowl. Lightly beat the eggs in a small bowl, then whisk into the corn syrup mixture.

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Finely chop 1/2 cup pecans and spread evenly over the piecrust. Roughly chop another

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1/2 cup pecans and mix into the corn syrup mixture, then pour the filling into the crust. Arrange the remaining 1 cup pecans on top in a decorative pattern.

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Bake the pie until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Cool completely on a rack.

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Serve with whipped cream, if desired.

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Photograph by Kana Okada

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Servings:

237milliliters

light corn syrup 3larges

eggs 237milliliters

packed light brown sugar 473milliliters

toasted pecan halves 1sheet

refrigerated piecrust (half a 15-ounce package)1teaspoons

salt 5Tbsps

unsalted butter, melted 1teaspoon

vanilla extract

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern works really well 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. The Selbach Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett Halbtrocken with a 4 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 21 dollars per bottle.

Selbach Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett Halbtrocken

#95 Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2017It’s richer and less minty than usual but I like the richness in this vintage, which can use a little gras; so anticipate a wine with more apple and less spearmint; crunchy stuff. The parcel is called Heel and it’s to the right of Anrecht, from which one of the great trio of en-bloc wines comes.