How To Make Pumpkin Pie With Fresh Pumpkin
This lens is about how to bake delicious pumpkin pies made from real pumpkins instead of the canned stuff! Here are some recipes and resources, and a bit of pumpkin history, to get you well on your way to making pumpkin pie the old fashioned way.
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A Pumpkin Pie-filled Lens of the Day!
This means so much to me that this lens has been chosen. I didn't nominate myself, so that means that one of you did and I appreciate it so much.
Not to be blatantly self promoting (okay I suppose maybe a tiny bit...), but I'm currently trying my hand at a freelance web writing/social media consulting career in conjunction with having just published my first children's book as an illustrator (ahh!). I made a lens to go with the book to make it easy to find out more without clogging up this lens!
Okay, enough of this. You want to read more about pumpkin pies! Enjoy!
Where to find a fresh pumpkin
there are more options than the grocery store.
You may feel like you're inundated with pumpkins around Halloween time, but sometimes the day you're looking to find one, you can't! You may go into your local grocery store, stare at a display of nuts and Christmas candies and say "They were right there a week ago!" But never fear.You may still be able to get your hands on a fresh pumpkin later in the season. Some great places to try are local farm stands or farmers' markets. It's always a good idea to buy from local farmers because you're getting high quality produce as well as supporting the livelihood of small, family-run farms. Doesn't that make you feel good?
This handy website actually offers a tool where you can type in your state or zip code and find out where all of the local pumpkin patches/stands that carry pumpkins are.
Fresh Pumpkin Pie Recipes - The Amish Do it Right
You don't have to go to Lancaster to get a great Amish pie!
offers some really wonderful, flavorful, natural recipes. Their carrot cake recipe is so good, and I don't even usually like carrot cake! (again, the raisins)
But this lens isn't about carrot cake, this is about pumpkin pie. Do try this delicious recipe. The recipes in this book really feel like comfort foods with their simple ingredients and methods for cooking. It turns out that pumpkin pie when prepared by the Amish is rarely associated with Thanksgiving or Christmas, and is just a staple dish that is prepared for any occasion. I could live with that.
Ingredients
* 1/3 cup sugar
* 2 tsp. flour
* 1/2 tsp. salt
* 3 eggs
* 3 cups milk
* 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
* 1 9" unbaked pie shell
Directions
Combine sugar, flour, salt and eggs and mix until smooth.
Heat milk to the boiling point. Add 1 cup of the hot milk to the egg mixture (be sure you do this slowly, stirring constantly so you don't cook the eggs too fast and end up with lumps!).
Pour the egg and milk tempered mixture back into the rest of the hot milk.
Pour into the pie shell, sprinkling nutmeg over the top. Bake at 350 for 40-45 minutes.
Now, if this looks a bit too simple for you, not to fear! I've included a more mainstream recipe for those of you wondering "what happened to the cinnamon and other spices?!!" courtesy of allrecipes.com. (the original recipe link can be found here).
Recipe #2
"Pumpkin Pie using fresh garden pumpkins. Best served barely warm, with freshly whipped cream on top of each serving. Use the remaining pumpkin puree in any recipe that calls for canned pumpkin."
Ingredients
* 1 medium sugar pumpkin
* 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
* 1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch single crust pie
* 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
* 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 4 eggs, lightly beaten
* 1 cup honey, warmed slightly
* 1/2 cup milk
* 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
Directions
Cut pumpkin in half, and remove seeds. Lightly oil the cut surface. Place cut side down on a jelly roll pan lined with foil and lightly oiled. Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) until the flesh is tender when poked with a fork. Cool until just warm. Scrape the pumpkin flesh from the peel. Either mash, or puree in small batches in a blender.
In large bowl, blend together 2 cups pumpkin puree, spices, and salt. Beat in eggs, honey, milk, and cream. Pour filling into pie shell.
Bake at 400 degrees F ( 205 degrees C) for 50 to 55 minutes, or until a knife inserted 1 inch from edge of pie comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
As with any recipe, you can make it your own with an adjustment to spices and other ingredients. If you find you like more nutmeg or cinnamon, you can always doctor up a recipe from The Best of Amish Cooking
(though I have a hard time restraining myself, sometimes leaving a recipe as is is the best choice. They published it for a reason!)
Fresh Pumpkin Recipes - bread, cheesecake, soup, and more
- Baking with Fresh Pumpkin from Allrecipes.com
- How to prepare a raw pumpkin for baking and cooking.
- Baking with Fresh Pumpkin
- Recipes and tips for baking with fresh pumpkin.
- Fresh Pumpkin Puree for Recipes: Pumpkin Puree Doesn't Just Come in a Can. Make Your Own Fresh Pumpkin Base with this Simple Recipe.
- Make fresh pumpkin puree with this recipe and tips.
- Pumpkin and Orange Breakfast Cake with a Fresh Orange Syrup : Food Network
- A nice alternative to a muffin in the morning!
- Pumpkin Soup with Sage and Sweet Italian Sausage : Food Network
- You can go sweet with pies or savory like this dish with fresh pumpkin.
- Pumpkin Ravioli with Sage and Toasted Hazelnuts : Food Network
- Move over, Chef Boyardee!
- Pumpkin Bourbon Cheesecake : Food Network
- It's probably best not to think about the calories in this one : )
- Pumpkin Bread : Food Network
- Of course I had to include something from my Food Network hero - Alton Brown.
Pumpkin Cookbooks
Using real pumpkin instead of canned - worth the effort
With pumpkin pies, as with many things in life, sometimes the extra time and effort really makes it worth it. You may find that you're so used to the canned pumpkin flavor, you might be scared to try fresh pumpkin pie, but trust me, it's worth it! You'll actually be able to taste the pumpkin without feeling like you're eating veggies. It just has that much more of a natural, delicious flavor that you just can't achieve through canned pumpkin preserves.When buying a pumpkin, try to find "sugar pumpkins" instead of the huge jack-o-lantern kind. It will just be more fibrous the bigger it is, but they're all a tasty alternative to canned pumpkin preserves.
The history of the pumpkin pie
Pumpkin pie before there were canned goods.
No wonder pumpkin pie makes us think of Thanksgiving! Some early variations of pumpkin pie were reported right around the time of the settlers at Plimoth Plantation in the early 1620s.By 1670, a version of a pumpkin torte became known as "Pompion Pie" was making its mark in England, which involved fried pumpkin slices with eggs and herbs, butter, raisins, currans, and sugar layered over tart apples in a pie. Sounds pretty good to me! (though I'm not a huge fan of raisins.)
It wouldn't be until over a century later in 1796 when an American cookbook was published containing a recipe most closely resembling the pumpkin pie that we know and love today, with a spiced pumpkin custard baked in a crust.
Many thanks to Linda Stradley of What's Cooking America - History of Pumpkin Pie website for the facts to create this summary.">a>
Make a Fresh Pumpkin Pie on YouTube!
in case you learn better by watching.
Pumpkin Pie
Make a traditional pie from a real pumpkin, not canned ingredients. The extra effort will pay off.
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Got a great pumpkin pie recipe you swear by? Have a special story about pie baking or pumpkins, or just want to share your thoughts about anything? Please don't hesitate to leave a comment!
AppalachianCountry wrote...
Very nice lens. We really enjoyed getting all the info.
MrMarmalade wrote...
Love pumpkin pie and will certainly be making yours. Tops five stars and u
Rewards4life wrote...
I love pumpkin but have never had pumpkin pie, something I have always wanted but never got round to finding a good recipe. I will certainly be trying one of these very soon. 5* and a favorite.
LizzyJean wrote...
I haven't made pumpkin pie all the way from scratch in years. I'd forgotten how much better it tastes.
Great lens
LizzyJean
Other Pumpkin Pie Resources on the Web
- Food.com Pumpkin Pie Recipes
- Pumpkin pie recipes from food.com, the official website of The Food Network.
- Pumpkin Pie from AllRecipes.com
- Check out one of my very favorite food sites, allrecipes.com, for some great user-generated recipes for anything you could think of!...oh yeah, and pumpkin pie, of course.
- LocalHarvest Pumpkin Search!
- Find your closest pumpkin grower/seller! This website has some great information about pumpkins, other foods and more.
- Pumpkin Patch - Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Pumpkins!
- A website chock full of information about everything pumpkin!
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