If you’re in the mood for something luxuriously sweet, try my Caramel Turtle Pie! I have a feeling turtle pie might not be familiar to everyone. Turtles are a little turtle-shaped chocolate candy with a pecan and caramel filling. I’m not clear on the history, but at some point a very smart cook thought that chocolate, caramel, and pecan would also work great as a pie, and so the Turtle Pie was born!
A Turtle Pie usually has the classic caramel, chocolate and pecans drizzled and scattered over the top of a cheesecake filling, but I went a bit further and turned those three key ingredients into different layers within the pie – have a go and see for yourself how delicious it turns out!
For the pie crust I use this Pie Crust Mix recipe.
To make Caramel Turtle Pie, you will need the following ingredients:
Lay the pecans across the bottom of the pie crust.
Place a heavy-based pan over a medium heat. Add 1 cup of the condensed milk, 1 cup of butter, syrup and sugar, stir and bring to the boil. Stir continuously while boiling for 5 minutes.
Take the pan off the heat. Beat with a wooden spoon for a couple of minutes until the filling starts to thicken (but do not overbeat).
Pour the filling into the pie crust.
Cover the pie with serran wrap and chill for 1 hour.
Melt the chocolate and remaining butter together in a pan over a low heat.
Stir in the remaining condensed milk.
Take the pan off the heat and leave to cool for about 3 minutes, until cool enough that the egg will not cook when added but not so that the chocolate starts to harden.
Add the egg to the chocolate and stir in.
Spread the chocolate evenly over the chilled filling.
Cover the pie again and return to the refrigerator to chill for another hour.
Why not try this sweet, gooey, crunchy Caramel Turtle Pie and be sure to please the whole family! Don’t forget to snap your gorgeous pie and tag #cookmerecipes!
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