Chocolate Nut Pie

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 200 g plain flour
• 65 g caster sugar
• 90 g unsalted butter, softened
• 1 egg, beaten
• orange, rind of 1
• 200 g golden syrup
• 45 ml soft light muscovado sugar
• 150 g chocolate
• 50 g butter
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 5 ml vanilla essence
• 175 g pecan nuts

Recipe

• 1 sift flour into a bowl. stir in caster sugar, work in the butter evenly with fingertips until well combined.
• 2 beat the egg and orange rind in a bowl, then stir in the mixture to make a firm dough. add water if too dry.
• 3 roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface and use to line a deep, 20cm/8in loose based flan tin. chill for 30 minutes.
• 4 preheat oven to 180°c.
• 5 make the pie filling. mix the golden syrup, muscavado sugar, chocolate and butter in a small saucepan. heat mixture gently until smooth and melted.
• 6 remove pan from heat and beat in the eggs and the vanilla essence, sprinkle the pecan nuts into chilled pastry case and carefully pour in the melted chocolate mixture.
• 7 place pie on a baking sheet and bake for 50-60 minutes cool completely in the tin.