Chocolate Pecan Pie

By tulawdog

Ingredients

• Basic Pie Crust
• Ingredients
• 1 Cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
• 1 Teaspoon Sugar
• 1/2 Cup cold, unsalted butter, cut into cubes
• 4-6 Tablespoons very cold water
• Filling
• Ingredients
• 4 Oz. dark chocolate, chopped
• 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/2 Cup packed dark brown sugar
• 3 Large eggs, beaten
• 1/4 Teaspoon Salt
• 3/4 Cup light corn syrup
• 1 1/2 Cups toasted pecan halves

Preparation

Step 1

Crust

1. Whisk together the flour, salt, and sugar. Cut in the butter with a pastry cutter or 2 butter knives. The mixture will be crumbly, pea sized clumps of butter should start to form.
2. Add in the water 1 tablespoon at a time, until the mixture begins to stick together. Shape the dough into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator to chill, leave it here for at least an hour or overnight.
4. Roll out your pie dough onto a lightly floured surface – It does not have to be a perfect circle as you are going to trim the edges, but it should be a 10-12 Inch circular shape. Use your rolling pin to transfer the dough to a 9 Inch pie dish by rolling it loosly ON to the rolling pin, and then rolling it out on the pie dish (pictures of this technique here.) Trim any overhanging dough and crimp or fold as you please.

Filling
1. Preheat an oven th 325. Combine Chocolate and butter in a saucepan over low heat, stir constantly until smooth. Set aside to cool.
2. Whisk together the Brown sugar, eggs and salt in a large bowl (or the bowl of your mixer). Add in the corn syrup and chocolate/butter mixture, mix well to combine.
3. Sprinkle your lovely toasted pecans over the prepared pie crust. Pour the chocolate filling over the pecans. Bake uncovered for about 1 Hour, until the crust is golden and filling has puffed up. Set on pie rack to cook completely.
This can also be made a day ahead of time, but do store it in the fridge overnight, and be sure to remove well before dinner, as it should be enjoyed at room temperature. Top it with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.