GYPSY TART & PECAN PIE

Recipes on BBC Good Food, made by Kyle Pocock

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Ingredients: Recipe
For the filling
A Kent classic with a dark For the pastry
• 410g can evaporated milk treacle filling, complemented • 140g unsalted butter
• 300g dark muscovado sugar
by the light zesty cream. • 100g golden caster sugar
For the cream
Sure to satisfy any sweet • 1 large egg
• 300g double cream • 250g plain flour, plus extra for
tooth, this is a dessert perfect
• zest 1 lemon dusting
for sharing with friends and • Or a 500g pack of sweet
family shortcrust pastry, blind baked
sweet pastry case.
• Blind baked puff pastry works
also if preferred or all to hand

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Method:
STEP 1 STEP 2
To make the pastry, put the butter and Dust your work surface with flour, bring
caster sugar in a food processor. Add the the dough together with your hands and
egg and whizz for 30 secs, then tip in the lightly knead, shaping the pastry into a
flour and blitz for a few secs more until the flat disc. Cover with cling film and chill in
dough just comes together – be careful not the fridge for 30 mins. Heat oven to 180C/
to overwork it. 160C fan/gas 4.
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Method:
STEP 3 STEP 4
Roll out the pastry to £1 coin thickness Meanwhile, make the filling. Whisk the
and use to line a deep 23cm tart tin, then milk and sugar together in a stand mixer
return to the fridge for 20 mins or until (or use an electric hand whisk) until light
the pastry is hard. Line the pastry case and fluffy, about 20 mins. Pour into the
with baking parchment, fill with baking pre-baked pastry case and cook for 15
beans and bake for 20 mins. Remove the mins until risen and the surface is tacky.
baking beans and return to the oven for Remove from the oven and leave to cool and
5-10 mins until the base is golden and set before serving.
the sides are set.
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Ingredients: Recipe
• flour, for dusting
• 75g butter, softened Make this traditional all- For the pastry
• 100g golden caster sugar American Thanksgiving • 140g unsalted butter
• 175g golden syrup dessert for a celebratory • 100g golden caster sugar
• 175g maple syrup dinner party. Our classic • 1 large egg
• Substitute 175g carnation caramel • 250g plain flour, plus extra for
pecan pie recipe is best served
• Or 175g treacle syrup dusting
• 3 eggs, beaten
with whipped cream or a scoop • Or a 500g pack of sweet
• ½ tsp vanilla extract of ice cream shortcrust pastry, blind baked
• 300g pecan halves sweet pastry case.
• double cream, whipped, to serve • Blind baked puff pastry works
also if preferred or all to hand

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Method:
STEP 1 STEP 2
On a lightly floured surface, roll out the Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Line
pastry. Use the pastry to line a 23cm tart the pastry case with baking parchment, fill
tin, keeping any off-cuts in case you need with baking beans and bake for 15-20
to fill any cracks after blind-baking. Prick mins until the sides are set. Remove the
the base of the pastry case with a fork and beans and parchment and return the tin to
chill for 30 mins, or until firm. the oven for 5-10 mins until the pastry is
golden and the base is set. Leave to cool.
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Method:
STEP 3 STEP 4
Increase oven to 200C/190C fan/gas 6. Turn heat down to 160C/140C fan/gas 3
Use an electric whisk to beat the butter and continue baking for 30-35 mins (the
and sugar together until light and pie should be golden brown and the filling
fluffy. Keep the beaters going and pour should wobble a little in the centre when
in both of the syrups. Gradually add the shaken). Leave to cool in the tin. You’ll
eggs, ¼ tsp salt and the vanilla, then probably need to run a knife around the
whisk until combined. Stir through the tin to lift out the pie. Serve with whipped
pecans, then pour the mixture into the tart cream or ice cream.
case. Bake for 10 mins.
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Method: