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In-spite of my general disappointment (illustration wise) of Marcus Wareing's One Perfect Ingredient I thought I would attempt the Pecan Tart recipe from page 190. Hard to believe that these haven't been attempted before in the Barrow kitchen as they combine those favourite things - nuts, golden syrup and pastry. They were deliciously fine with a little ice-cream.

One thing I learnt - ensure the sugar is fully dissolved otherwise a crunchy texture results when you reach the bottom of the pan. Just apply a little more patience Mr Barrow!

Pecan Tart

Everyone has their own favourite pastry recipe or ready-made pastry so little need to repeat the recipe from the book.

Pecan Tart filling


  • 100g Golden Syrup

  • 150g Demerara sugar

  • 75g unsalted butter

  • 3 tbsp clear honey

  • 3 tbsp dark rum

  • pinch of salt

  • 3 eggs

  • 150g pecan nuts


Gently heat the syrup, butter, honey, rum and salt and dissolve the sugar in it. Allow to cool a little then whisk in the eggs and nuts. With the oven at 160F/180C/G4 fill the pastry cases with the nut mix and bake for 12-15 minutes until set.

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That looks oh so good, and better than the image in the book too!

Scribbled down by: Kitchen Goddess on May 18, 2008 7:40 PM

These fancy pancy chefs have a lot to learn from us food bloggers and photos hey Andy?!...hehe

I'm the same with recipe books, being more "visually stimulated" - I like to look at the pictures for inspiration and rarely follow any recipes. So no pictures/bad pictures = no purchase! Haven't seen Wareing's 'OPI' - so will look out for it.

Scribbled down by: bron on May 19, 2008 12:38 AM

Thanks KC!

The recipes in the book have received plenty of good comments from several bloggers and I admit those I've tried (the simpler ones) have turned out fine; like this one. But I still maintain the pics are pants.

Scribbled down by: Andrew on May 19, 2008 8:43 AM

Mmmmmm. Too fabulous. I adore pecan tarts and am always surprised at how easy they are to make. This looks particularly fine and I look forward to being offered one next time I arrive at Chez Barrow ;-)

Scribbled down by: Jeanne on May 19, 2008 3:54 PM

Andrew. this is too good. I am here in ur space for the first time, Just enjoying ur amazing recipes.

Scribbled down by: Shibani on May 27, 2008 3:21 PM

Um, I just licked my screen. God, would someone PLEASE invent smell-o-vision!
LOVE this recipe. I am a true Pecan Pie/ Tart connoisseur. Really, I could eat 100 of these little gems.
Okay, that's it. Off to the kitchen. I have 3 lbs of Pecans beckoning me.

Scribbled down by: The Urban Eater on June 10, 2008 6:43 PM

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