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The Houstonian's Pecan Pie

The Houstonian's Pecan Pie

Find this famous Pecan Pie from longtime Pastry Chef Catherine Rodriguez at both Olivette and The Manor House on The Houstonian property! Made with a homemade buttery flaky crust, real maple syrup, bourbon and Texas pecans.
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Course Desserts
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

Flaky Dough:

  • 12 oz all-purpose flour
  • 8 oz cold butter
  • 5 oz ice water
  • ¾ tsp salt

Pecan Pie Filling:

  • 5 oz granulated sugar
  • 4 oz light brown sugar
  • 6 oz maple syrup
  • 1 oz Bourbon
  • 3 oz butter
  • ¾ tsp salt
  • 1 ½ tsp vanilla
  • 5 eggs
  • 4 cups pecan halves

Instructions
 

For the Flaky Dough:

  • Cut butter into flour and salt with paddle attachment.
  • As soon as butter is cut into small pieces, the size of small peas, add water.
  • Mix dough until it comes together. Do not over mix.
  • Chill in refrigerator for 1½ hours.
  • Roll dough out to 1/8” thickness.
  • Form dough into 9” pie pan.
  • Chill shell for 1 hour.
  • Line pie shell with parchment and use pie weights to weight the shell down.
  • Bake at 350° until golden brown.

For the Pecan Pie Filling:

  • Heat up sugar, maple syrup, bourbon, butter and salt stirring occasionally.
  • After butter has melted, boil for 1 minute.
  • Let mixture cool.
  • Add vanilla and temper eggs with mixture.
  • Strain.

For Assembly:

  • Place 4 cups of pecan halves at the bottom of tart shell.
  • Fill pie filling to top of shell.
  • Bake at 325˚F until pie is set and slightly souffled.

Notes

Recipe and Image courtesy of The Houstonian.
Keyword Manor House, Olivette, pecan pie, pie, The Houstonian
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