Pecan Pie

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A homemade pecan pie

Pecan Pie is a sweet cake from the USA made with pecans and corn syrup . It is especially served on public holidays and is considered a specialty of southern cuisine .

ingredients

Most pecan pie recipes use table salt and vanilla as a condiment . Even chocolate and bourbon whiskey are sometimes used, and most of the cake with sweetened whipped cream served. The bottom of the pie is often made from shortcrust pastry . Molasses is sometimes used instead of corn syrup .

origin

A piece of pecan pie

Pecan Pie will of the French people have been invented after in New Orleans had settled and the Native Americans with the local walnut plants were announced. The dish was made famous by the makers of Karo Syrup, who claim to have discovered the cake as a new use for corn syrup in the 1930s .

Social relevance

Pecan pie is mentioned frequently in American literature and on television. Mostly it is associated with Christmas and other festive occasions. Together with pumpkin pie , it is considered a traditional Thanksgiving cake.

Individual evidence

  1. Recipes
  2. Le Cordon Bleu Patisserie Foundations Classic Recipes. The Chefs of Le Cordon Bleu, Verlag Cengage Learning, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4390-5717-9 , p. 342.
  3. ^ History of diamonds. karosyrup.com