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Preparation
Lightly butter the bottom and sides and line the bottom of a 9” spring form pan with parchment paper.
Simmer the maple syrup until the syrup has reduced to 1 cup approx 20-30 min.
While syrup is reducing, toast the pecans at 350 degrees for 10-15 min or until fragrant and toasted in colour, and make the crust.
In a large bowl, add the the finely ground shortbread crumbs, salt, citrus zests and grate the cold butter into the bowl.
Using your hands, gently mix the butter and crumb mixture until it just comes together; you should be able to see small pieces of butter.
Add the lemon juice, and gently add it in.
It should feel like slightly wet coarse sand, and you should still be able to see small pieces of butter through out the crust mixture.
Pack the crust mixture into the bottom and sides of the prepared pan; use the back of a spoon or the bottom of a 1/4 cup dry measure to press down to get a even crust on the bottom.
Bring up the sides of the crust to approx 1 1/4”-1 1/2” in height. Freeze for 15 min, and start to make the filling.
Remove springform pan from freezer, and bake for 10-15 min at 350 degrees or until very lightly golden brown. Let cool completely.
Place the pan on a large sheet of aluminum foil, and bring the foil up the sides of the pan, as the pie will leak through the bottom of the spring form pan.
Place the foil wrapped pan on a baking sheet.
(**be very careful with hot maple syrup—it is extremely hot and can burn badly if comes in contact with skin at this point**)
When the maple syrup has reduced, cool slightly, transfer to a large bowl, add the corn syrup, vanilla, lemon juice, and butter, mixing it together well.
When mixture is a room temperature, whisk in the eggs. Whisk the cornstarch and salt into the brown sugar, and add to the filling mixture.
Add the chopped pecans to the filling and pour into pre-baked pie shell.
Top with remaining whole pecans and bake pie for 45-55 min or until centre is slightly puffed and still a little jiggly, but the edges are set.
Transfer to cooling rack and allow to cool completely.
Let cool for at least 4 hours for pie filing to set before slicing.