Bean And Maple Syrup Bars

Recipe Ingredients

		Base
2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	All-purpose flour
1 cup	160g / 5.6oz	Brown sugar
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Butter - cut into pieces, at
		Filling
1 1/2 cups	240g / 8.5oz	White pea beans - soaked and cooked
		Or
1 1/2 cups	240g / 8.5oz	Canned white pea beans - drained and rinsed
2/3 cup	218g / 7.7oz	Maple syrup
3		Eggs
1/2 cup	80g / 2.8oz	Brown sugar
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Melted butter
1 cup	146g / 5.1oz	Chopped pecans
		Optional garnish
2 oz	56g	Semi-sweet chocolate
24		Halved pecans

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F.

In a food processor or mixing bowl, combine the flour and sugar.

Add the butter pieces and pulse or cut in until crumbly.

Transfer into a greased 9" x 13" pan and press evenly into bottom. Set aside.

Filling: In a food processor or blender, Puree beans and maple syrup. When smooth, add the eggs, sugar and butter and blend well.

Sprinkle chopped pecans evenly over base then pour filling over top.

Bake for 30 minutes or until set in the middle and lightly browned. Cool to room temperature.

In a double boiler, melt chocolate over barely simmering water. Drizzle chocolate over bars in a criss-cross pattern. Refrigerate bars until the chocolate has set. Cut bars into triangles and garnish each one with a pecan half.

Source:
Dakshin by Chandra Padmanabhan

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