Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
                        CRUST
  160            grams  Plain Flour
     1/4      teaspoon  Salt
  90             grams  Butter
  6        tablespoons  Iced Water
                        FILLING
  125            grams  Unsalted Butter
  160            grams  Light Brown Sugar
  3                     Eggs
     1/4      teaspoon  Salt
  1           teaspoon  Vanilla Extract
  1         tablespoon  Kahlua
  180            grams  Liquid Glucose -- (6 tbsp)
  3        tablespoons  Black Treacle
  1                     heaped tbsp Plain Flour
  165            grams  Chopped Pecans
  75             grams  Chocolate Chips -- (dark)
                        CHOCOLATE SAUCE
  190            grams  Plain Dark Chocolate
  125            grams  Granulated Sugar
  1               pint  Water

Preparation:

1. To make the pastry crust, mix the flour and salt, and work in the cold butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. 2. Sprinkle on enough of the water to draw the mixture together in a ball, and then knead it briefly to make sure that it is smooth. 3. Wrap in clingfilm and store in the fridge for 30 minutes. 4. Roll out the dough and use to line a 10 inch round pie dish or tart tin. Line the tin with non stick cooking parchment and fill with rice or beans and bake blind at 350ºf / 180ºc / Gas Mark 4 for 10 minutes. 5. Remove the parchment and beans and continue cooking for 5 minutes. Remove from the oven. Filling 6. Cream the butter and sugar until light. Add the eggs one at a time, and mix well after each addition. 7. Add the salt, vanilla, kahlua, warmed liquid glucose and black treacle and mix well. 8. Sprinkle the flour over the chopped nuts and mix with the chocolate chips. 9. Add this to the pie filling and pour into the pie shell. Bake for 35 minutes or until when a knife is inserted in the centre, it comes out clean. 10. If the pie seems to be overbrowning during cooking, cover with a piece of foil. 11. Let the pie cool slightly before serving with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. Chocolate Sauce 12. Break the chocolate into pieces and put into a bowl. Place the bowl over a pan of simmering water until the chocolate dissolves. 13. Dissolve the sugar in the water and then boil for 5 minutes. Add the sugar syrup a little at a time to the chocolate mixing well between additions. 14. When completely mixed together, return to the pan and gently simmer for 7 - 10 minutes, until the mixture coats the back of a spoon. Serve hot or cold.

Nutritional Information:

544 Calories (kcal); 40g Total Fat; (64% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 46g Carbohydrate; 129mg Cholesterol; 260mg Sodium