Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie (Uses Fresh Pumpkin)

Submitted by HeatherFeather

"This is the one pumpkin pie recipe I keep coming back to year after year. I was at a military ladies' coffee when I first tasted this pie, and it was the most moist & eggy pumkpin pie I had ever eaten. I asked the hostess, Barb, for the recipe, and she shared the recipe with me - which I believe came from her mother. I made my own changes to the recipe over the years and now I have written down my changes so that I can share my version with you. I only use fresh pumpkin in this recipe and it is well worth the little bit of extra effort. PLEASE NOTE: This recipe calls for a DEEP DISH pie plate and intended to be a egg custard textured pie. Even using a deep dish pie plate, you may still find you have a small amount of extra batter, as some deep dish pans are larger and deeper than others (mine fits all of the batter in one pie). You can use whole milks in this if you prefer, however I like the lighter taste of the skim in this. If you only have small pie plates, then you might want to prepare an extra pastry round and divide the batter between two smaller pies."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1 unbaked 9-inch deep dish pie pastry (9-10-inch)
• 2 cups freshly cooked pumpkin, seeded, peeled, mashed
• 3⁄4 cup granulated sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 3 large eggs, beaten lightly
• 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated skim milk
• 1⁄2 cup skim milk

directions

1. (To make your own freshly cooked pumpkin, quarter 1-2 small pie pumpkins, de-stem, seed and de-string them. Then steam them in a steamer over boiling water until very tender--the skin will peel right off. Then mash them using a stick blender or a food processor-hand mashing will somtimes produce lumps/strings so unless you like that, go for the stick blender/processor).
2. Preheat oven to 400°F and have ready a pie shield and a large rimmed cookie sheet.
3. Line a DEEP DISH glass pie plate with the pie pastry round, fluting the edges decoratively as desired.
4. Combine in order the pumpkin, sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves.
5. Lightly beat eggs together with both milks, then add to the pumpkin mixture, stirring well to combine--it will be rather thin.
6. Pour as much filling as you can into unbaked pie pastry and bake at 400°F for 50 minutes (or until knife inserted halfway between center and edge comes out without any goo on it). If there is any extra filling use to fill a smaller mini pie plate or discard.
7. NOTE: Set cookie sheet on the rack below the rack you are setting your pie plate on in order to catch any drips.
8. If the pie edges start overbrowning, place a pie shield or a ring of foil over the edges--this will be needed or not depending on the type of pastry you use.
9. Pie should be served chilled and should be stored in the refrigerator.

Reviews

[Jonathan Melendez]

So I cheated a little and used a frozen pie crust but made the filling according to the recipe and it was incredible. The filling was perfect. Not too sweet and a great texture. Highly recommend.

 

[siham c.]

This is such a wonderful pie, I will make it again. Thank you so much. The only thing is I had to cooked longer.

 

[Jan K.]

This pie was delicious. I'm a it of a foodie, and I appreciate good tasting food. This certainly was. I cooked my pumpkin in a pressue cooker caused I was pressed for time, but normally I would roast it first...the caramelisation from roasting just sends the overall taste through the roof. Either way, I would never use canned pumpkin (not usually available here in Oz anyway); making your own purée is too easy...just remember to strain through sieve. I found the spice combination and quantities just right, but obviously each to there own in terms of adjusting either. I made my own 23cm shortcrust shell, and had about 250ml of filling leftover, so just baked that at the same time in a ramekin. Will make again....yum.

 

[The Big Cheese]

I followed this recipe to the letter. Unfortunately, it wasn't anything like the photo or previous reviews. One thing that the recipe didn't mention was that you need to thoroughly beat/whip in the spices after each addition. Mine all floated to the top. The filling baked up nicely, then fell flat and had a watery texture. Just no real flavor at all other than all the spices.

 

[Svensls01]

Whoa! This is absolutely the best P. pie I've ever tasted. The only alterations were that I roasted the pumpkins in the oven, and I used 1/4 tsp. fresh ginger (I rubbed the ginger root on a micro-grade zester, which made it like a paste). I will never use canned pumpkin again! I wish I could give it another star :) oh, I also roasted the pumpkin seeds and sprinkled them on top for decoration, and they actually tasted good with the pie.