{"id":2369,"date":"2017-05-20T17:21:40","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T21:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themodernbarista.com\/?p=2369"},"modified":"2017-05-20T17:21:40","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T21:21:40","slug":"hacienda-alsacia-pecan-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themodernbarista.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/20\/hacienda-alsacia-pecan-pie\/","title":{"rendered":"Hacienda Alsacia with pecan pie puffins"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"HaciendaSeveral months ago I got a small amount of Hacienda Alsacia when it was released in Japan. The paperwork that came with it suggested pairing it with pecan pies. So I set up a spread of different foods; lemon shortbreads, salted caramel ropes, milk chocolate and pecan pies. We tasted the coffee and all of the food, and I was really in love with how the sweet brown sugar paired with the Hacienda Alsacia. Fast forward to this week. I received a coffee care package from Seattle, and inside were two bags of Hacienda Alsacia! I was so excited for the opportunity to share this coffee with more of my partners, but also to explore with pairing this coffee with pecan pie.<\/p>\n

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Making a pecan pie is pretty easy, but it’s not exactly portable, or sharable. I already used store bought pecan tarts for a tasting, but I wanted to do something different.Recently I made cronuts for a coffee tasting<\/a> (croissant donuts) and it got me thinking of other culinary mashups. If I could create something that on the outside looked like a muffin, but the inside was gooey like a pecan pie.. would that be called a puffin? Absolutely.<\/p>\n

While I was day dreaming about reinventing pecan pie, I decided to make a cup of tea. I randomly grabbed a bag of Teavana\u00a0Caramel Almond Amaretti tea<\/a>, and was blown away by the aroma. Buttery with noted of toasted nuts and sweet caramel, I knew I had to use this tea to make these puffins!!! (Be aware that you will need to remove the large cinnamon bark pieces from the tea before baking. Save them for a cup of tea while you are baking!)<\/p>\n

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Hacienda Alsacia with pecan pie puffins<\/div>\n
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Author: Jocelyn Freeman<\/span><\/div>\n
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