On 11/27/2013 5:40 AM, Damaeus wrote:
> I've got to make a pecan pie for Thanksgiving and one of the guests is
> allergic to corn. So I thought I'd make two pies -- one regular one the
> classic way (corn syrup (actually moonshine syrup which is a mixture of
> corn syrup and cane syrup), sugar, eggs, butter, vanilla, salt, pecans),
> and one that replaces the corn syrup with sweetened-condensed milk.
>
> So I thought I'd look around on the internet to see if a recipe already
> exists so I could ascertain whether someone else had tried this with any
> success and to find out if I should make any adjustments. I didn't find
> any recipes that simply replaced corn syrup with sweetened-condensed
> milk.
>
> Sweetened-condensed milk is pretty sweet as it is and the idea of adding
> a whole cup of sugar to a cup of sweetened-condensed milk just seems
> like it would be sweet beyond all comparison. Then again, Karo corn
> syrup is also very sweet and adding a cup of sugar to a cup of corn
> syrup hasn't made anyone complain about the simple, classic pecan pie.
>
> I thought about using the trick to turn the sweetened-condensed milk
> into caramel. I read something somewhere about putting an unopened can
> into a slow-cooker for about four hours, and then you open the can and
> find it full of caramel.
>
> Another idea I had was to try to make a home-made syrup from sugar,
> brown sugar, some other ingredient, though I don't think of water as a
> good candidate...something to make a thick syrup that's like corn syrup,
> but which isn't made from corn.
>
> Or maybe I could just use two cans of sweetened-condensed milk. Turn
> one to caramel and use the other one straight. The eggs would probably
> hold it all together. If it doesn't, I could say it's a dessert
> casserole and put a serving spoon next to it.
>
> I just thought I'd ask here since I haven't experimented with this
> myself and now I don't have time to do that.
>
> Damaeus
>
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Get a bottle of cane syrup and substitute it for the corn syrup. You
can usually find cane syrup in the pancake mix aisle next to the pancake
syrups.
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Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.
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