Hey, there! Today we have another lovely guest post, this time from the ever-lovely Jill Donenfeld of The Culinistas. Jill recently had a birthday and she sent me the recipe for a celebration appropriate Pink Pecan Birthday Pie. The photos below are by me and the recipe + post are from Jill. Enjoy!!
Jill
Pink Birthday Pecan Pie
For the crust:
3 cups pecans
2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
3 TB sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1tsp salt
1/2 cup coconut oil
6 to 10 TB water
Preheat the oven to 400F.
Blend pecans and flour in a processor. Add sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Then add coconut oil. Add water as needed, if dough needs more bind. Turn dough out of food processor and press dough into a pie pan. Trim the excess. Refrigerate for 15 minutes covered in plastic wrap. Bake 15 minutes. Let cool then chill til cold. For the filling and
topping:
1 pint strawberry ice cream
1 cup pecans, chopped
2 TB butter
3 TB brown sugar
1 cup raspberries
1 pint heavy cream
3 TB powdered sugar
Spread ice cream evenly across crust. Place in freezer for two hours. Meanwhile, make the candied pecans by heating the butter and pecans over medium heat in a small pan. Add the sugar and stir until caramelized. Spread on a piece of wax paper and let cool. Next make the raspberry whipped cream by mixing the berries, the sugar, and the cream in a metal bowl and whipping using an immersion blender. When pie has set, top the ice cream with the whipped cream. Sprinkle with candied pecans. [/recipe]
The Birthday Gal! (photos courtesy of Jill)
Copyright Jill A. Donenfeld–2013
That crust does look like the best crust of all time. Yay! Happy Birthday, Jill!
it’s a salty-sweet dream!
Thank you Megan!
So lovely! That crust sounds Major!!
Oh my goodness, that crust! It sounds heavenly! What a perfectly girly pecan pie. Happy birthday, Jill!
Thank you thank you Amanda!
Oh it is so pink and so awesome! That crust is KILLER and I am all about pecans! Love this and Happy Birthday Jill!
This is the total colour of a little girl’s birthday dream. Gorgeous!