Maple sugar pie

• Vegetarian

• Refrigerated

  • 1 Egg yolk
  • 3 Eggs

• Condiments

  • 250 ml Maple syrup

• Baking & Spices

  • 230 g (1 cup, firmly packed brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 1 Icing sugar
  • 2 1/2 tbsp Plain flour
  • 200 g Plain flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 1 Whipped cream

• Bread & Baked Goods

  • 1 Pastry

• Dairy

  • 125 g Butter, unsalted
  • 250 ml Evaporated milk or pouring cream

• Liquids

  • 60 ml Iced water

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Description

Directions

• For the pastry, place the flour in a bowl, add the butter then, using your fingertips, rub in the butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Using your hands, mix in 2 tbsp of the iced water, adding a little extra, as necessary, to form a coarse dough. Knead the dough briefly until it comes together, then form it into a disc. Wrap the pastry in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 200˚C.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out between two sheets of baking paper into a round about 3mm thick. Transfer to a 4 cm deep 24 cm pie tin with a removable base and ease the pastry into the tin. Trim the edges. Use scraps to seal any tears or holes in the pastry or the filling will seep through. Line the pastry shell with baking paper then fill with baking beads or dried beans. Bake for 25 minutes or until cooked through. Remove the beads and paper and brush pastry all over with the egg yolk. Reduce the oven to 180˚C. Bake for about another 8 minutes or until pastry is light golden. Remove from the oven and cool slightly.
• Combine the syrup, sugar, flour and eggs in a food processor and process until smooth. Add the evaporated milk and vanilla and pulse until combined well. Pour into the pastry shell then bake for 10 minutes. Reduce the oven to 170˚C and bake for about 30 minutes, until the filling is set and the pastry is golden. Stand until cool and firm then dust in icing sugar.
• Serve in wedges with whipped cream.
• This recipe is part of our 10 ways with maple syrup column. View previous 10 ways with… columns and recipes.
• When she doesn’t have her head in the pantry cupboard, Leanne Kitchen finds time to photograph food and write cookbooks. You can view her work on her website.