Dr Q's Bourbon And Chocolate Pecan Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 9-inch deep dish pie crust (we use mrs. smith's until we perfect our pastry making)
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate (we use scharffen berger unsweetened pure dark chocolate)
• 3 large eggs, room temperature
• 1 cup india tree's golden brown sugar (optional sugar to use is india tree's dark muscovado for a sweeter pie)
• 3/4 cup cane syrup (we use steen's)
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (we use madagascar bourbon)
• 3 tablespoons aged bourbon (we use noah's mill)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup pecan halves
• 1/2 cup pecans, coarsely ground

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 melt butter over low heat, stir occasionally.
• 3 add chocolate and melt. once melted remove from heat and allow to cool.
• 4 whip eggs in large mixing bowl till frothy.
• 5 blend in sugar.
• 6 stir in syrup, vanilla, salt, and bourbon.
• 7 add chocolate mixture and blend well.
• 8 pour into pie shell.
• 9 arrange whole pecans on top of pie.
• 10 sprinkle the ground pecans on top.
• 11 place pie on center rack in oven and bake for 45 to 60 minutes.
• 12 test for doneness by sticking in a thin knife in the center of the pie, if it comes out clean it is done.
• 13 remove pie from oven and place on wire rack to cool.
• 14 slice and serve pie after it has cooled completely.
• 15 *note: dark karo syrup or molasses can be used in place of the pure cane syrup.