I am a Georgia girl who loves her pecan pie.  During this past year one of my greatest joys was living in a house with numerous pecan trees that made it easy to make homemade pecan pies throughout the winter.  Recently, a friend of mine introduced me to a bourbon and chocolate pecan pie recipe she found on Food Network.  The recipe was from the show Food 911 featuring Tyler Florence (one of my favorites) and I was eager to try it out.  After all, I love chocolate and have yet to run into anything that wasn’t improved by bourbon.

The recipe requires:

3 Eggs

½ Stick Butter (Unsalted)

2 oz Chocolate (Unsweetened)

1 ½ Cups Pecans (Halves)

1 Cup Sugar

¾ Cup Sugar Cane Syrup

½ Teaspoon Vanilla

3 Tablespoons of Bourbon

¼ Teaspoon Salt

I had everything in the house except for the cane syrup (was out) and the bourbon.  I went to the grocery store for the sugar cane syrup, and the liquor store for the bourbon.  At the liquor store I approached the cashier and asked her to point me to the cheapest bourbon they had (explaining I needed it for cooking) and was able to purchase what I needed in five minutes.

Cooking the pie filling mixture was similar to preparing the filling for a traditional pecan pie.  I followed my traditional pecan pie recipe only changing the steps to melt chocolate and mix in the bourbon.  I didn’t use the pie crust recipe included (I prefer store bought) and baked the pie at 350 degrees for about 50 minutes. 

The chocolate and bourbon add a unique flavor to the already rich taste of pecan pie.  Next time I will leave out the bourbon and just enjoy a chocolate pecan pie.  My family enjoyed the pie, but I didn’t like the flavor the bourbon added to the pie.