American Pecan and Chocolate Chip Pie

What does it include?

Ingredients

• 300 g plain flour
• 75g butter
• 100 g cream cheese
• 1 tablespoon icing sugar
• 150g butter
• 200 ml maple syrup
• 250 g light brown sugar
• 100 g dark brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 400 g pecans
• 200 g dark chocolate chips

How to prepare it step by step?

Preparation

1. Prepare the dough by mixing flour, butter, cream cheese, icing sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a processor until it forms a breadcrumb texture.
2. Add 2–3 teaspoons cold water until the mixture comes together.
3. Form a ball, make a disk, wrap, and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
4. Preheat the oven to 200°C (180°C fan).
5. Spread the dough and line a 23 cm deep mold.
6. Cover with baking paper, add weights, and bake for 15–20 minutes.
7. Remove paper and weights, bake for 5 more minutes until golden.
8. Trim edges and repair cracks if necessary.
9. In a saucepan, melt the butter with the syrup and both sugars, plus 1/4 teaspoon salt; mix until integrated.
10. Let it cool for 10 minutes and reduce the oven to 160°C (140°C fan).
11. Beat the eggs and add the syrup mixture, vanilla, and pecans.
12. Pour in half the filling, add half the chocolate chips.
13. Add the rest of the filling and the remaining chocolate.
14. Bake for 50–55 minutes until set.
15. Let cool 2 hours before cutting.