how to impress - desert time

Righty ho, I'm really behind today... 1- mountain of laundry, 2- looking for hotel in NYC for when Fredrik's sister's family comes to visit, 3- looking for a house, 4- must go to gym, 5- must do dishes, 6- must make pizza dough for tonight... 7- eat a piece of pecan pie left over from yesterday and take a minute to chill :o)

The recipe I tried was a new one from a French Canadian magazine. It calls for corn syrup but feel free to replace it with golden syrup if you're in the UK or maple syrup for a Canadian twist. For the shell, the recipe I use is from the Vorwerk book, I'll post later, it's awesome-tasting and takes 2 secs to make. If you don't have a Vorwerk, I suggest to buy one... I hate making pie dough by hand with that ice-cold water - eek!

Southern Pecan Pie

• 3 eggs
• 1 c brown sugar sugar, packed
• pinch salt
• 1/2 c corn syrup and/or maple syrup (and a little more to brush on top)
• 1 tsp vanilla essence or pack vanilla sugar
• 2 tbsp melted butter
• 1-2 c pecans - I usually use enough to coat the bottom of the pie crust
 

Beat eggs with sugar, salt, syrup, melted butter and vanilla.

Line bottom of pastry shell with pecans and pour mixture over them.

Bake for 45-50 minutes at 350C or until knife inserted comes out clean.

Let cool to set.

Brush the top with a little syrup in order to make it shiny.

Next, of course, Banoffi pie. Mary brought this restipy back from her beloved boarding school and in my opinion, the only 2 grams of fat ever acquired by Andrew were probably from this.

Banoffi Pie

• 175 g digestive biscuits
• 85 g melted butter

Crush biscuits with melted butter and press onto base and sides of 20cm pie dish.

• 425 g can sweetened condensed milk

Place can in saucepan covered in water and bring to the boil. Cover and simmer for 3 hours. Cool before opening.

• 2-3 bananas
• lemon juice
• 200 ml whipped cream

Scrape out contents of boiled condensed milk into base. Slice bananas and sprinkle slices with lemon juice. Arrange over toffee center. Decorate with whipped cream. Refrigerate before serving.