Chocolate Pecan Pies With Bourbon Vanilla Sauce Recipes

CHOCOLATE BOURBON PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees F).
• In a small saucepan combine sugar, corn syrup, and butter or margarine. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until butter or margarine melts and sugar dissolves. Cool slightly.
• In a large bowl combine eggs, bourbon, vanilla, and salt. Mix well. Slowly pour sugar mixture into egg mixture, whisking constantly. Stir in chocolate chips and pecans. Pour mixture into pie shell.
• Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 55 minutes, or until set and golden. May be served warm or chilled.

CHOCOLATE PECAN PIE I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Beat eggs, sugar, salt, margarine, and syrup with hand beater. Stir in pecans and chocolate chips. Pour mixture into pie shell.
• Bake until set, 40 to 50 minutes. Cool.

KENTUCKY BOURBON PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Fit piecrust into a 9-inch metal pie plate; crimp edges. Sprinkle pecans and chocolate chips evenly over piecrust.
• Whisk together corn syrup, granulated sugar, and brown sugar in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high; boil, whisking occasionally, until sugars are dissolved, about 5 minutes.
• Whisk together eggs, butter, flour, bourbon, vanilla, and salt in a heatproof bowl. Slowly pour 1/3 cup of the hot corn syrup mixture into egg mixture, whisking constantly until fully incorporated. Whisk in remaining hot corn syrup mixture until smooth. Pour filling over pecan mixture in piecrust.
• Bake in preheated oven until pie edges are set and begin to puff up, but pie center is still slightly jiggly, 45 to 50 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack; let cool completely to room temperature, about 2 hours. Slice and garnish with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.

CHOCOLATE PECAN PIES WITH BOURBON VANILLA SAUCE

Steps:

• MAKE COCOA SUGAR DOUGH:.
• Sift flour and cocoa powder onto a piece of waxed paper and set aside.
• Place butter and sugar in bowl; beat with mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy.
• Beat in egg yolk and vanilla.
• Add sifted ingredients to butter mixture and beat just until combined.
• Do not overwork.
• Divide the dough into ten small disks on a generously floured work surface.
• Stack the disks of dough, placing a piece of waxed paper between each.
• Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Place each disc in between two sheets of waxed paper and roll to about 1/8-inch thick; place dough in tart pans.
• Set aside.
• MAKE PIE FILLING::.
• Preheat oven to 350°F and position rack in center of oven.
• Heat corn syrup, sugar, cocoa powder and butter in a heavy bottomed saucepan.
• Beat eggs in bowl with a whisk.
• Slowly pour corn syrup mixture into eggs, whisking constantly until well combined.
• Whisk in bourbon.
• Divide chopped pecans and chopped chocolate among pastry-filled tart pans.
• Divide filling among tart pans, filling each about three-fourths full.
• Bake for 12 minutes or until set.
• Cool on wire rack.
• Refrigerate until serving time.
• MAKE CANDIED PECANS:.
• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Heat water and sugar in small saucepan to a boil.
• Remove from heat.
• Reserve 1/3 cup.
• *Remaining syrup can be saved for another use, such as sweetening drinks.
• Spread pecans in a single layer on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Bake for about 5 minutes.
• Drizzle one-half syrup (about 3 tablespoons) over nuts and toss to coat.
• Bake for 7 minutes more or until syrup begins to crystallize.
• Drizzle with remaining syrup and toss again.
• Bake for 5 minutes more.
• MAKE BOURBON BANILLA SAUCE:.
• Heat 1 cup cream, milk, vanilla bean and 1/4 cup sugar in medium saucepan to a simmer, stirring constantly.
• Beat remaining sugar with egg yolks in bowl with a whisk.
• Carefully pour one-third milk mixture into eggs, whisking constantly.
• Return the egg mixture to pan; Cook over low heat until sauce has thickened enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon.
• Stir in bourbon.
• Remove from heat and strain into a bowl through a fine sieve.
• Chill in an ice bath and add remaining cream when cool.
• TO SERVE:.
• Spoon some bourbon vanilla sauce on plate.
• Sprinkle with some candied pecans & raspberries.
• Remove tarts from pans and place on sauce mixture.

CHOCOLATE BOURBON PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade and process briefly to combine.
• Add the cream cheese and butter and pulse until the mixture resembles a coarse meal.
• Transfer the dough to a large bowl. Drizzle the water over the dough and gently use your fingers or a flexible spatula to toss the dough around in order to hydrate the flour.
• Once a bit of dough can be pinched together between two fingers and hold its shape, bring the dough together into a disc.
• Wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, but preferably overnight.
• On a lightly floured work surface, roll the dough into a circle, an inch or two larger than a 9-inch glass pie plate.
• Place the dough in the plate and decoratively crimp the edges . Place in the freezer for 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 425 F. Line the pie crust with parchment paper and fill with pie weights .
• To make the egg wash, whisk together the egg and salt in a small bowl. Brush the crimped edges with the egg wash.
• Bake for 20 minutes until the crimped edges are brown. When you gently lift the parchment paper, the bottom of the crust should look dry.
• Remove the paper and weights, and return the crust to the oven until the bottom is nicely browned, about 10 minutes more.
• Set aside to cool and reduce the heat to 350 F. Make the pie filling. In a large bowl, lightly whisk the eggs and yolk.
• Add the corn syrup, sugars, and salt and whisk again.
• Add the melted butter, vanilla , and bourbon and whisk to combine.
• Coarsely chop one cup of the pecans.
• Sprinkle the chopped pecans and the chocolate chips on the bottom of the pie crust.
• Pour the filling over the chopped nuts and chips.
• Decorate the pie with the remaining 1/2 cup of whole pecans, gently nestling them on top of the filling in a pattern.
• Bake the pie for 40 to 50 minutes, rotating at the halfway point, until the filling is puffy and set around the edges, but the center still jiggles slightly when you carefully nudge the pie plate.
• Let the pie come to room temperature before serving, at least 4 hours.

BOURBON CHOCOLATE PECAN PIE

Steps:

• 1. Fit pie crust into a 9-inch pie plate according to package directions. Fold edges under and crimp.
• 2. Whisk together eggs, light corn syrup, and next 6 ingredients in a large bowl until mixture is smooth; stir in chopped pecans and morsels.
• 3. Pour into the pie crust.
• 4. Bake on the lowest oven rack at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until set. Makes 1 (9-inch) pie.