Pecan pie is a sweet custard pie. It is readied mainly from corn syrup and pecan nuts. It is a tremendously classless dessert made up and dished during key US holidays like Thanks giving, Christmas. It has a sweet and a very nutty flavor with a custard like texture. Though it developed in the southern part of the USA but since early 20th century its popularity has arisen immensely and has grown the Pan American dessert. What establishes the pecan pie a truly American dessert? well reply is not too far, the term pecan devived and initiated from the American Indian word 'Pecan' which stands for “nut to be cracked with rock”. Some past French settlers in New Orleans got acquainted to pecan nuts by the native-born Indians, it made their creative juices flow and pecan pie was the flavorful final result. Small communities of Quinipissa and Tangipahoa Indians lived at that time in present day New Orleans. The first French colonist to this place was sieur de La Salle,who came here in 1682.His visit was shortly accompanied up by another French explorer Jean Baptiste Le Moyne in 1699. Another prominent French settler sieur de Bienville,who was governor of Louisiana, visited New Orleans and liked it so much that he created a settlement in 1718.He christened this fresh settlement Nouvelle Orleans. Thus groundwork was laid for this delicious dish to be whipped up in a French settlers kitchen for the very first time. And who knew at that time this union of European Pie with the domestic American fixings would contribute about such a revolution in American palette in the 20th century. Pecans have a long long chronicle in the region. millions of pecan plants are obtained on the banks of major Rivers, currents and irrigation canals in Texas and north of Mexico. Even fossil remains of pecan plants were also obtained there. So dependent on this evidence we can reason out that these pecan trees existed long before domestic Indians moved here and that these plants were awaiting for their fruits to be discovered by some body who could creatively utilize them and make some thing superbly admirable which is right to their unparalleled taste and smell. After all this unique taste was obtained by them after standing patiently for many a thousand years. Not only that these pecan plants played a respectable role in granting a Pan American fiber to the masses coming from various countries ,areas ,ethnicities and religion. In the modern times first formula of pecan pie come out some where between 1925 and 1940.Some legendary cook books are dead sure of first recipe being published in year 1940.Today pecan pie has enchanted the imagination of entire American nation. It has been endorsed by all the communities who came to live here from all the parts of the world. Now many versions have come out in pecan pie like chocolate pecan pie ,chocolate chips pecan pie,sweet potato pecan pie.But nothing could beat the established New Orleans pecan pie.