Pumpkin Pie
🇺🇸 United States
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature, diced
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 egg yolk
- ¼ cup water
- 1½ cups pumpkin flesh, diced
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 3 eggs
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1½ oz molasses
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup evaporated milk
- â…“ cup sour cream (or creme fraiche)
- 2 oz hazelnuts or almonds, ground
Steps
- In a bowl, mix flour, sugar, cinnamon, ginger, and salt.
- Add diced butter and work it into the flour mixture until crumbly.
- Add the egg yolk and water, and mix until a smooth dough forms.
- Wrap the dough and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
- Roll out the dough and line a pie dish with it, then chill again while preparing the filling.
- Melt butter in a pan and cook the diced pumpkin until soft.
- Puree the cooked pumpkin until smooth.
- In a bowl, whisk eggs with brown sugar and molasses.
- Add cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, salt, and vanilla extract to the egg mixture.
- Stir in the evaporated milk and sour cream.
- Combine the pumpkin puree with the egg mixture until smooth.
- Sprinkle the ground hazelnuts or almonds over the bottom of the pie crust.
- Pour the pumpkin filling into the crust.
- Bake in a preheated oven until the filling is set, about 50-60 minutes.
- Let the pie cool completely before serving.
Source: www.196flavors.com