Maple-Walnut Pie

Contributor: SWNC

Contributor's Notes: This is a lovely, easy pie, like pecan pie, but not as sweet.


Maple-Walnut Pie


1 1/2 cup walnut halves and pieces
4 egg yolks
1/3 cup maple syrup (the real stuff, not Mrs Butterworths)
2/3 cup sugar
4 Tbsp butter
1/4 cup heavy cream
a pinch of salt
1 tsp vanilla

Partially pre-bake your pie crust* (A pie this good, you don't want a storebought crust.) Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Combine the egg yolks, syrup, sugar, butter, cream and salt in a saucepan and cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until it is uniform in color and just starting to thicken (about 10 minutes). Do not let it boil. Take off the heat and stir in the vanilla and walnuts. Pour the filling into the pie crust and bake at 350 for 20  minutes.

* To pre-bake your crust, pre-heat the oven to 425. Place the dough in the pie pan, just as you would for any pie. Line the dough with parchment paper and fill the parchment paper with rice or dried beans. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove the parchment paper and rice, pour in the filling and continue baking as directed above.