You might be thinking to yourself a huge,"
WTF" -- but don't worry! These
pies will knock you and yours off your asses this
holiday season. Your partner will be AMAZED at how unique and wonderful the flavoring is!
So, without further
adieu, I present to you the
chile pies.. starting with my "family's" own rendition of the
chess pie filling standard.
3
eggs
1/2 cup
sugar
1/2 cup
corn syrup
1 tsp.
vanilla extract
1 tsp. salt
1/2 cup butter. melted.
Incorporate everything except
melted butter, then add the melted butter in afterwards. This is your base, to which you'll add
nuts and
chile later.
For your
pie crust, I've actually had
great success with the simple and indestructable recipe
lesterjane has provided for us on
e2. The two recipes are both
9" pie tin compatible. (Unlike
XP and
Leopard.)
What? Chile? Oh yeah! So, I personally, being from
New Mexico, go for the very best.
Hatch. You can find both
green chile and
red chile grown and packaged in
Hatch,
New Mexico. Sometimes, you can even find it in your local
grocery store, if not just online. Now that you know what chile to use, you need some amounts..
For the
green chile pecan pie, you will need to add 1/2 cup green chile and 1 cup of pecans to the above
chess pie filling recipe, per 9" pan. It helps if you put a top layer of pecans on this, just like a
traditional pecan pie.
For the
red chile walnut pie, you will add 1 tablespoon
chimayo chile
(WARNING. DO NOT TOUCH EYES, NOSE, HAVE SEX OR GO TO THE BATHROOM WITHOUT WASHING YOUR HANDS THOROUGHLY FIRST.)
And 1 cup walnuts.
Bake for one hour at 350 degrees. Enjoy!