Going through recipes and picking out what to make for the holidays is always fun. Here is a recipe for a pie that is a contender for our holiday dessert table from Taste of Home.
Doesn't it look delicious?
Ingredients
- 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons cold lard
- 3 to 4 tablespoons ice water
FILLING:
- 4 ounces German sweet chocolate, chopped
- 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
- 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 cup chopped pecans
TOPPING:
Directions
Mix flour and salt in a small bowl . . . blend lard in until crumbly. Add ice water gradually, toss until dough holds together. Shape into a disk and refrigerate 30 minutes or overnight wrapped in plastic wrap.
Preheat oven to 400°.
Roll dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle on a lightly floured surface. Transfer dough to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim pastry to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate and flute edge. Line unpricked pastry with a double thickness of foil and fill with pie weights, dried beans or uncooked rice.
Bake 11-13 minutes or until bottom is lightly browned. Remove foil and weights . . . bake 6-8 minutes longer or until light brown. Cool on a wire rack.
Reduce oven setting to 350°.
Melt chocolates in a large bowl in the microwave and stir until smooth. Cool slightly. Whisk in milk, egg yolks and vanilla until well blended. Stir in pecans. Pour into crust.
Bake 16-19 minutes or until set.
Cool 1 hour on a wire rack.
Meanwhile . . . combine brown sugar, cream and butter in a small heavy saucepan. On medium heat, bring to a boil, while stirring to dissolve sugar. Remove from heat.
Whisk a small amount of hot mixture into egg yolks in a small bowl. Return all to pan and whisk constantly, cook 2-3 minutes or until mixture thickens and a thermometer reads 160°. Remove from heat. Stir in coconut and vanilla; cool 10 minutes.
Pour over filling; sprinkle with pecans. Refrigerate 4 hours or until cold.
Yield: 8 servings.
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 cup butter, cubed
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 cup flaked coconut
- 1 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans
Directions
Mix flour and salt in a small bowl . . . blend lard in until crumbly. Add ice water gradually, toss until dough holds together. Shape into a disk and refrigerate 30 minutes or overnight wrapped in plastic wrap.
Preheat oven to 400°.
Roll dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle on a lightly floured surface. Transfer dough to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim pastry to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate and flute edge. Line unpricked pastry with a double thickness of foil and fill with pie weights, dried beans or uncooked rice.
Bake 11-13 minutes or until bottom is lightly browned. Remove foil and weights . . . bake 6-8 minutes longer or until light brown. Cool on a wire rack.
Reduce oven setting to 350°.
Melt chocolates in a large bowl in the microwave and stir until smooth. Cool slightly. Whisk in milk, egg yolks and vanilla until well blended. Stir in pecans. Pour into crust.
Bake 16-19 minutes or until set.
Cool 1 hour on a wire rack.
Meanwhile . . . combine brown sugar, cream and butter in a small heavy saucepan. On medium heat, bring to a boil, while stirring to dissolve sugar. Remove from heat.
Whisk a small amount of hot mixture into egg yolks in a small bowl. Return all to pan and whisk constantly, cook 2-3 minutes or until mixture thickens and a thermometer reads 160°. Remove from heat. Stir in coconut and vanilla; cool 10 minutes.
Pour over filling; sprinkle with pecans. Refrigerate 4 hours or until cold.
Yield: 8 servings.
