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Pecan pie recipe
Photo: Priscilla Du Preez

Pecan pie recipe

12 ingredients 20 min + 1 hr 25 min 6 people openrecipes

Pretty as a picture with its blanket of toasted nuts, this is luxuriously deep and creamy, which offsets the texture of the pecans and the pastry.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

916
Calories
29g
Protein
34g
Fat
125g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Pecan Nut 1 half (4g) 20
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Syrup not in our table 0
Spelt not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 200 pecan nuts
  • g lemon, juice and finely grated zest
  • 1 golden syrup
  • 300 medium eggs, plus 2 egg yolks
  • g double cream
  • 3 pinch of sea salt
  • 300 icing sugar for dusting (optional)
  • ml spelt flour
  • 1 golden caster sugar
  • 1 unsalted butter, chilled and diced
  • cup medium egg, separated
  • 230 milk

Directions

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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