Have you ever tried the pumpkin pie? I’d bet you have and that you love it. Who doesn’t? I recently said that with the first pumpkin of the season I always cook this recipe for pumpkin soup [1]. Well, the second is very often this pumpkin pie. This dessert is very popular in the United States overall during Halloween and Thanksgiving. In a simple way, we can say that the way to prepare the pumpkin pie is like preparing a sweet quiche with pumpkin puree and spices. Regarding spices, I like to add just cinnamon and ginger, but you can use other spices like ground cloves or nutmeg which I have put them as optional in the description. It is up to you. What I can say is that with whipped cream on top is this pumpkin pie amazing.
Pumking Pie Recipe (from scratch)
Autor: Damián Serrano Personas: 4 Tiempo: Dificultad: Fácil
Ingredientes
- 1 shortcrust pastry [2]
- 400 g of pumpkin
- 125 ml of heavy cream
- 100 g of brown sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon of ground ginger
- 1 pinch of cloves (optional)
- 1 pinch of nutmeg (optional)
- 20 ml of whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon of icing sugar
Elaboración
- Peel the pumpkin and cut it into pieces. Remove all seeds.
- Boil the pumpkin 30 minutes until it is tender.
- Preheat the oven to 175°C/350ºF, heat top and bottom.
- When the pumpkin is tender. Drain it well and sift using a food mill.
- In a large bowl, beat three eggs with brown sugar.
- Add the cream, pumpkin puree and spices of your choice. Mix well.
- Butter and flour a circular baking dish of about 26 cm diameter.
- place the pastry and cut the excess edges.
- Pour the pumpkin mixture into the baking dish.
- Bake for 35 to 40 minutes in the middle rack. Check that the pie is cooked by piercing a small knife halfway between the edge and the center. If the knife comes out clean, the pie is already baked.
- Remove from oven and let it cool completely.
- To whip the cream, use very cold whipping cream and a whisk or electric mixer in a very cold bowl or container. When it is almost done, add a tablespoon of icing sugar and continue to whisk until you obtain the desired consistency.
- It’s ready. Serve a piece of pumpkin pie with a nice spoon of whipped cream on top. Enjoy!
Sugerencias, trucos y consejos
- As I said earlier, this pumpkin pie can be prepared with other spices like cloves and nutmeg. I prefer the simplier version with only cinnamon and ginger.
- You can see how to make shortcrust pastry [2] by following the link.
- You can replace the heave cream by evaporated milk.
- Baking time may vary depending on the oven. Check always with the knife.