chocolate, oh MY!
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luciabI've been wanting to get together with my apprentice and my now-going-to-be-apprentice (we're engaged! Yea!) because I hadn't seen them in SO long. Tonight we finally managed. Woo hoo! I took a pie over... hoo, boy. See, several months ago I had this desert at a local restaurant, and it was an occasion of sin. Normally, if I'm full I don't have any trouble stopping eating. I mean, I get queasy and don't want to eat any more. This stuff, though.... it was Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie. Like I said, an occasion of sin. I was full but I could NOT stop eating. I. Ate. The. Whole. Huge. Serving. *Moan*
When I was in Kentucky over Christmtas and we visted the bourbon distillery, I got to thinking about that pie again, and I decided I wanted to make it. I found several recipes online that all had chocolate, bourbon, and pecans in them, and after much deliberation I chose one recipe, and modified it. I sort of took the best of several recipes.... one had 12 ounces of chocolate, but only 2 tablespoons of bourbon. Ha, I say. Another had a quarter cup of bourbon (now you're talking!) but only a cup of chocolate chips. See where I'm going with this? You betcha. I used 12 ounces of 60% cocoa bittersweet chocolate and melted that with the stick of butter, because it wasn't pie with chocolate chips in it, it was chocolate pie, dammit; and a quarter cup of bourbon, and a cup of pecans, and lord, it was good. It definitely needed the whipped cream that I added for topping, just for the contrast. I also put it in a chocolate cookie pie crust. Not sure that's the best choice; a little more contrast may have helped.
All in all, though, a suitably sinful occasion. Now, however, I am paying the price-- I have quite the buzz from all the chocolate and sugar. (The recipe says it makes 10 servings; Livia cut the pie into 6 pieces. Holy cow, that's a lot of pie.)
And as noted above in a different tangent, Sunneva is going to be my apprentice. Geez, I hope I spelled her name right... Anyway, we won't do a formal ceremony until after school is out, because neither of us can be sure we're going to be able to go to any given event due to homework and such, so we'll wait till we can enjoy it. I'm so excited!
When I was in Kentucky over Christmtas and we visted the bourbon distillery, I got to thinking about that pie again, and I decided I wanted to make it. I found several recipes online that all had chocolate, bourbon, and pecans in them, and after much deliberation I chose one recipe, and modified it. I sort of took the best of several recipes.... one had 12 ounces of chocolate, but only 2 tablespoons of bourbon. Ha, I say. Another had a quarter cup of bourbon (now you're talking!) but only a cup of chocolate chips. See where I'm going with this? You betcha. I used 12 ounces of 60% cocoa bittersweet chocolate and melted that with the stick of butter, because it wasn't pie with chocolate chips in it, it was chocolate pie, dammit; and a quarter cup of bourbon, and a cup of pecans, and lord, it was good. It definitely needed the whipped cream that I added for topping, just for the contrast. I also put it in a chocolate cookie pie crust. Not sure that's the best choice; a little more contrast may have helped.
All in all, though, a suitably sinful occasion. Now, however, I am paying the price-- I have quite the buzz from all the chocolate and sugar. (The recipe says it makes 10 servings; Livia cut the pie into 6 pieces. Holy cow, that's a lot of pie.)
And as noted above in a different tangent, Sunneva is going to be my apprentice. Geez, I hope I spelled her name right... Anyway, we won't do a formal ceremony until after school is out, because neither of us can be sure we're going to be able to go to any given event due to homework and such, so we'll wait till we can enjoy it. I'm so excited!
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Date: 2006-02-06 02:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-06 03:02 pm (UTC)Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie
2 eggs
3/4 c sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
12 oz Ghiradelli 60% cocoa bittersweet chocolate chips
1/4 c bourbon
1/4 c cornstarch
1 c chopped pecans
1- 9" pie shell, unbaked
Preheat oven to 350.
Melt butter and chocolate together (I put them in the microwave for about 6 minutes on 30% power; the "proper" way would be to use a double boiler. Heh.)
In large mixing bowl, beat eggs and gradually add sugar. Add (very slightly cooled) butter/chocolate mixture, and bourbon. Add cornstarch. Stir in pecans. Pour into pie shell and bake 40-45 minutes. Serve slightly warm.
Notes: I used an Oreo cookie crust; I think it might be better with, say, a graham cracker crust instead. The Oreo crust gets lost and a bit more contrast in flavor would be good.
Woo HOO! Apprentice Sister!
Date: 2006-02-06 03:48 pm (UTC)Yay! My laurel got me a little sister for Christmas! :> Whee!
Re: Woo HOO! Apprentice Sister!
Date: 2006-02-06 04:26 pm (UTC)Re: Woo HOO! Apprentice Sister!
Date: 2006-02-06 09:56 pm (UTC)Re: Woo HOO! Apprentice Sister!
Date: 2006-02-06 09:58 pm (UTC)Re: Woo HOO! Apprentice Sister!
Date: 2006-02-07 06:23 pm (UTC)As far as I can tell, "Sunneva" is the correct spelling, though it could also be spelled "Sunniue" or "Sunniva."
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Date: 2006-02-07 09:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-07 09:45 pm (UTC)