Macadamia and Golden Syrup Pie

Posted 2014-08-24 by finy ⇒ follow

Baked macadamia pie

I used to have a huge macadamia tree and we could not eat as many as we got much of the year round.

I have kept them and just found many kilos of them -unshelled, so decided to shell them (not an easy task -have to have a special machine) and start doing something with them, so decided on a Macadamia pie.

It is absolutely delicious, tasting like macadamias surrounded by toffee!

It is not too sweet as I added lemon juice and zest to give it that extra tang.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 40 minutes
Makes: 6 - 8 servings

Ingredients
100 g unsalted butter, melted
½ cup Golden Syrup
½ cup light brown sugar -I used coconut sugar
½ tsp mixed spice
Grated zest and juice of a lemon
3 eggs
2 cups unsalted macadamias
Thick cream to serve (optional)

PASTRY
LINK to my pastry
You could use bought sweet pastry though home made is of course, nicer.

Method

Chill the pastry for 30 minutes if it is home made.

Roll it into a ball, and roll out flat -I did this in an 11 cm springform lined with baking paper. To prevent it sticking, I used glad wrap on top to maneouvre it as thin as possible.

Put some rice on the top and bake at about 190° for 10 minutes. Take out, take off rice and return to oven for another 5 - 10 minutes or until light golden and dry.

Baked pastry

Reduce oven to 170°.

For the filling put butter, golden syrup, brown sugar, spice, zest, lemon juice and eggs in a large mixing bowl and beat until the mixture comes together.