Pecan Pie

Pecan pie is a sweet pie from the United States, which is prepared with pecans and corn syrup. He is particularly served on holidays and is considered a specialty of Southern cuisine.

Ingredients

Most recipes for pecan pie include salt and vanilla as a spice. Also chocolate and bourbon whiskey are sometimes used, and most of the cake is served with sweetened whipped cream. The bottom of the pie is often made ​​from shortcrust pastry. Instead of corn syrup, molasses sometimes used.

Origin

Pecan Pie supposed to have been invented by the French, after they had settled in New Orleans and were made by the Native Americans known with the local walnut plants. The court was to have discovered by the producers of Karo Syrup, taking claim for themselves, the cake in the 1930s as a new use for corn syrup known.

Social significance

In the American literature and television Pecan Pie finds frequent mention. He usually is associated with Christmas and other festive occasions. Together with Pumpkin Pie he is regarded as a traditional Thanksgiving pie.