Paul Prudhomme's Sweet Potato Pecan Pie Recipe
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Ingredients: PASTRY:
3 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons sugar, ½ beaten egg
2 tablespoons milk, 1 cup flour
FILLING:
1 cup cooked, mashed sweet potatoes
1 tablespoon butter, ¼ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla, ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
⅛ teaspoon each nutmeg and allspice, ½ teaspoon salt
½ beaten egg, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon heavy cream
½ cup chopped pecans, ¾ cup sugar, 2 eggs
¾ cup dark corn syrup, 1 ½ tablespoons butter, melted
Pinch salt, Pinch cinnamon, 2 teaspoons vanilla
Pastry (see recipe) Chantilly cream (see note)
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Directions:PASTRY: Cream butter and sugar, until light and fluffy. Add egg and milk; beat about 2 minutes.. Stir in flour to moisten ingredients. Refrigerate at least one hour. Roll out dough into 14-inch circle on lightly floured wax paper. Place in deep 9-inch pie plate; remove wax paper. Press pastry into plate and flute edges. FILLING: Combine potato, butter, brown sugar, vanilla, spices, beaten egg, sugar and cream; beat at medium speed until mixture is smooth. Spread on bottom of pastry shell; sprinkle with pecans. Combine 3/4 cup sugar, 2 eggs, corn syrup, melted butter, salt, cinnamon and vanilla and beat well. Pour over pecans. Bake at 300 degrees for 1 1/2 hours. Cool. Top each slice with dollop of Chantilly Cream. NOTE: Chantilly cream: For each cup of cream use 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 tablespoon each of orange liqueur and Cognac.
Not a desert but another great use of Texas pecans is Honey Glazed Pecan Mustard Salmon - a multiplicity of recipes and mouth-watering images for it can be found online. The salmon should be farm raised Atlantic salmon rather than the much more expensive Wild Catch Pacific/Alaskan salmon. It may come as a surprise to many that in blinded taste tests by regular consumers and chefs, the farm raised was often the unanimous favorite being juicier because it has more fat.
With either the pie or the salmon, a tulip goblet or two - no more - of a sparkling Moscato d'Asti wine would be perfect. Of course, a celebratory goblet of a Moscato d'Asti wine is good by itself on any occasion. A sweet red Moscato d'Asti wine also goes well with Puglia's (southern region forming the heel of Italy's boot) Friselle and Taralli - often called the Italian pretzel. Moscato d'Asti wines, a favorite of hip-hop rappers, tend to be among the most under-priced wines on the market. |
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Notes: Apulian Friselle and Taralli - Taralli ingredients - 1/4 lb all purpose flour. 1/2 cup water. 1/2 cup white wine. 1/2 cup olive oil. 1 ounce fennel seeds. 1/2 ounce fresh yeast. 1/2 tablespoon salt & peppert, Friselle ingredients - 4 cups flour (unbleached all-purpose 50% wholegrain) 1.5 tbsp black pepper. 1 tsp salt. 4 tsp baking powder. 1 cup olive oil. 1 cup cold water.
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