Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin Pie
Category:	Dessert recipes
Servings:	8
Time:	60 minutes + cooling
Difficulty:

| Dessert | American cuisine | Holiday

Description

Pumpkin pie is a traditional American dessert.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups strained pumpkin, browned
• 3 tbsp all purpose flour
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 2 cups milk
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ginger
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 2 eggs, well beaten
• pie dough for 2 8" plates
• 2 tbsp sugar
• pinch of ginger or cardamom

Directions

Brown the pumpkin by; take 2 cups of strained pumpkin, and (generous scoop) butter in a frying pan and cook on medium heat always stirring, this will reduce to 1 1/2 cups of sweet browned pumpkin. In a bowl, put the browned pumpkin paste and add in; 2 tbsp flour and brown sugar. Mix until consistent. Scald milk, then combine with; cream, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. Then pour over pumpkin paste. Mix in the eggs until an even consistency has been reached. Pie plate should be lined with dough with a nice thick edge. Combine 2 tbsp sugar, tbsp four and pinch of ginger or cardomon and sprinkle/rub over the bottom of the pie dough/shell. Fill the pie 3/4 full of pumpkin mixture. Finish by wrapping strips of foil paper around the perimeter of the pie edge. Bake in a 450 degree F oven for ~15 minutes, then drop the heat down to 325 degrees F and allow to bake for an additional 30 minutes.