frontera grill mexican chocolate pecan pie bars
Frontera Grill Mexican Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars Frontera Grill is the Mexican restaurant in Chicago owned by Rick Bayless. Source: Salsas That Cook by Rick Bayless with JeanMarie B...
Ingredients
- 21/2 cups (about 10 ounces) pecan halves
- 1cup(about 6 ounces) finely chopped mexican chocolate
- 6ounce(about 6 to 8 slices) fresh white bread, preferably cakey
- 1cup(8 ounces) melted butter, plus extra for coating the pan
- 5ouncesemisweet or bittersweet chocolate, chopped into pieces
- 3tablespoonflour
- 4large eggs
- 1cupfirmly packed dark brown sugar
Directions
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Frontera Grill Mexican Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars Frontera Grill is the Mexican restaurant in Chicago owned by Rick Bayless
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Source: Salsas That Cook by Rick Bayless with JeanMarie Brownson and Deann Groen Bayless Frontera Grill’s house specialty dessert for more t
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Here we’ve turned that same approach into bars, simplifying our original pie recipe and giving it a form that’s right for a buffet or party
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Rather than pastry, we’ve made an easy crust of bread crumbs and crunchy Mexican chocolate, then filled it with an indulgent cargo of nuts a
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You may find it easiest to line your pan with a carefully flattened piece of heavy-duty foil to help lift the bars out
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Chilling them first will make them easier to cut
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Makes 24 bars
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2 1/2 cups (about 10 ounces) pecan halves 1 cup (about 6 ounces) finely chopped Mexican chocolate (such as the widely available Ibarra brand