Hello friends and greetings of the season! Today’s Christmas Adelaide Pecan Pie comes from Singers and Swingers in the Kitchen. I last visited that book in 2013! The recipe comes from Eva Marie Saint, star of On The Waterfront, North by Northwest and many other films. The Christmas Adelaide Pecan Pie is so called because it was a pecan pie, made every Christmas by Eva Marie’s sister Adelaide.
You’ll see from the above that a made little pies rather than one big pie. I had some mini pie crusts in the freezer from another cooking project so I decided to use them up instead of buying a big pastry shell. Cooking time on the small tarts was 30 minutes. I also could not find dark corn syrup in my local supermarket. I subbed in a mix of 2/3 golden syrup and 1/3 maple syrup. 
Is pecan pie served traditionally at Christmas? I would love for one of my American readers to tell me? It feels like it should be – it certainly makes sense when Christmas falls in winter and fresh fruit is in shorter supply than in the summer months.
Chrismas Adelaide Pecan Pie Recipe
If you wanted to double down on recipes from this book, the Christmas Adelaide Pecan Pie would be divine with a scoop of Barbra Streisand’s Coffee Ice Cream. This might also come in handy if you need a snack while reading Barbra’s nearly 1000-page memoir!
Singers and Swingers in The Kitchen The Book
This little book is so much fun! As well as Eva and Barbra, it also includes recipes from The Rolling Stones, Jane Fonda, Don Adams and Barbara Feldman from Get Smart, The Mamas and The Papas, The Monkees and a host more “scene makers”and “groovy gourmets”. My records…well Amazon’s records show I bought this back in 2012 for a measly $15. It now regularly sells for over a hundred!!! If you don’t want to be spending that kind of money, please feel free to browse the archives here for the recipes I’ve already shared. I’m also sure this won’t be the last time I dip into this book.
Have a great week!
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Hi– an American here. Pies in general are very traditional on Thanksgiving and also Christmas, but I don’t think of pecan pie as being particularly associated with Christmas. Pecan pie is, I believe, most popular in the southern part of the US — so maybe it’s a Christmas tradition there?
Thanks Joan!
Pecan pie does show up a lot at Christmas and Thanksgiving, though it’s not as ubiquitous as pumpkin.
Thanks Brandyce, pumpkin in Australia is nearly always served as a savoury dish – in soup, risotto, salad or roasted as a side dish. I have only eaten pumpkin pie once, thanks to an American boss. It was delicious so I don’t understand why it is not more popular here!
Pecan pie is served a lot at Christmas here in America, but it’s really associated with Thanksgiving. Also that recipe looks really good. It was probably a lot better after you substituted for the corn syrup, too!
Thanks S.S.! The maple came through at just the right level too! Years ago we used to have a Sara Lee Maple and Macadamia ice cream which was my absolute favourite and the pies reminded me a little of this.