Pecan-Plus Pie

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat your oven to 350F.
2. 2
   In a large bowl, mix the flour, salt, oil and milk to form a rough damp dough.
3. 3
   Tip out into a fluted tart pan 10 inches wide and around 2 inches deep, and press the dough patiently over the base and the sides of the pan, slightly coming up over the top if possible.
4. 4
   Put in the freezer.
5. 5
   Melt the syrup, butter and brown sugar over a lowish heat in a saucepan.
6. 6
   Add the vanilla, stir, then take off the heat in a saucepan.
7. 7
   Take the pastry-lined tart pan out of the freezer, and arrange the nuts on it.
8. 8
   Whisk the eggs into the slightly cooled sugary syrup until it looks like a caramel mixture, then pour it over the nuts.
9. 9
   Bake in the oven for 40 minutes, or until the filling has set and the pastry is golden.