Chocolate Pecan Pie

Source: Magimix Le Mini Plus Tarte au chocolat et noix de pécan
Preparation : 30 min, Cooking : 30 min

Ingredients (for 4 serves)

1 quantity French flan pastry
200 g (7 oz) pecan nut dark chocolate or 150 g (5 oz) dark chocolate + 50 g (2 oz) pecan nuts
1 egg + 1 egg yolk
5 cl (1 1/2 fl oz) milk
1 sachet vanilla-flavoured sugar
80 g (3 oz) soft brown sugar
Knob of butter

Directions:

• Pre-heat the oven to 210°C (gas mark 6/7)
• Make the French flan pastry and leave it to rest for 15 min. in a cool place.
• Bring the cream, milk and vanilla sugar to the boil. Turn off heat and add the chocolate, broken into pieces. Melt the chocolate in the mixture.
• Butter the dish and line it with the pastry, and bake blind for about 10 minutes until cooked. Remove from oven and lower the temperature to 150°C (gas mark 2).
• Fit the metal blade in the bowl, then tip in the sugar, the whole egg and the egg yolk and blend. Then add the chocolate and cream mixture (and nuts, if using), and blend again.
• Pour the mixture into the pastry shell and return to the oven for 20 minutes.