Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin Pie

Serves 12
Inspiration Grammy's Recipe

Ingredients

  • 3 Cups pure pumpkin
  • 2 Tbsp all purpose flour
  • 2 Cups white sugar
  • 2 Tsp ground ginger
  • 2 Tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 Tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1 Tsp mace
  • 1/2 Tsp salt
  • 6 Large eggs
  • 1 cup milk

Topping

  • 3 Tbsp sour cream
  • 2 1/4 Tsp milk

Directions

It is easy to find pumpkin pie filler, but you need to look for pure pumpkin (with no added spices or fillers).
Mix the pumpkin, flour, sugar, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace and salt together. Beat eggs, add to milk and stir into mixture. Mix well.
Pumpkin Pie - the filling
Prepare your favourite pastry recipe or use my Crisco Pastry Recipe. Line a 9 inch deep dish pie plate with pastry and flute the edges. You will have enough to line a small 6 inch pie plate as well. Pour the pumpkin mixture into the pie plates. They should be almost full to the top.
Pumpkin Pie - fill the pastry
Topping
Mix the sour cream and milk together.
Pour into a funnel with a narrow tube, blocking opening with finger. Remove finger and quickly drizzle mixture in a spiral pattern over filling. If you do not have a funnel, fill a small zip lock bag and cut off one of the corners.
Pumpkin Pie - create the spiral
Beginning at the centre, put tip of knife shallowly through the filling and sour cream mixture.
Pumpkin Pie - pull through with knife
Repeat this to create 8 evenly spaced intervals.
Pumpkin Pie - 8 evenly spaced intervals
Beginning at outside, pull the knife through the middle of intervals toward centre to create a web pattern.
Pumpkin Pie - pull through in the other direction to create a web pattern
You may also just put drops of sour cream mixture on the top and then when you draw the knife through each one, you get a tear drop pattern.
Bake at 400 °F for 10 minutes to cook the pastry. Reduce the heat to 350 °F . Bake until the centre part has puffed up, about 40 - 50 minutes (depends on the pie plate and the amount of filling
Pumpkin Pie
Serve plain or with whipped cream
Pumpkin Pie