It’s November folks time to get baking. I started a month ago and my waistline is begging for mercy. Today’s recipe is Pumpkin Pie a Thanksgiving favorite.

Pumpkin Pie by Diverse Dinners

I didn’t grow up eating Pumpkin Pie. it wasn’t a staple in London, but I have grown to love it and I think I’ve found my favorite recipe. I took advice from The Kitchn and blended and cooked the pumpkin puree before filling and baking the pie. I totally agree that these two steps creates a smoother more flavorful filling thus a wonderful experience. The Kitchn’s recipe is great, I merely tweaked it.

  • Sugar substituted with granulated honey.
  • Ground ginger substituted with fresh grated ginger.
  • Whole milk substituted with oat milk.

The pastry recipe is my tried and true, very buttery, flaky and delicious. I plan on recreating this pie with a ginger cookie crust. I’ll post the recipe when I have it right.

I ground my allspice, nutmeg and cinnamon myself, hence the flecks of spices weaving through the filling. If you use spices that are already ground they will likely meld into the filling without trace.

Pumpkin Pie by Diverse Dinners

Some whipped cream is all that is needed with this Pumpkin Pie. The pastry is super buttery and the pie is packed with flavor so there’s no need to overplay it with additional flavors. It’s so delicious and really hard to leave alone. Make sure you have people to share it with so that you don’t do your body a disservice and eat it all by yourself.

There’s nothing new or inventive about this recipe. It is a mostly traditional dish perfected by much research of others for us all to enjoy.

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Pumpkin Pie

Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time1 hour 45 minutes

Ingredients

Pastry

  • 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 tsp fine salt
  • 1 cup butter 2 sticks - cold
  • 1/4 cup ice cold water

Pie Filling

  • 15 oz can pumpkin puree
  • 1 cup granulated honey
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp ground allspice
  • 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 3/4 cup oat milk
  • 3/4 cup heavy cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 large eggs room temperature

Equipment & Utensils

  • Food processor
  • Plastic wrap
  • Rolling pin
  • Parchment paper
  • 9 inch pie dish
  • Blender
  • Medium saucepan
  • Cooking sheet

Instructions

  • Place flour, sugar and salt in the food processor and mix to combine.
  • Cut up butter into tablespoon segments and add to flour mixture.
  • Pulse until butter is combined and all ingredients become a cornmeal consistency.
  • Slowly add ice water a tablespoon at a time and pulse each time.
  • Continue to pulse until a dough starts to form, then tip onto a floured surface and mold into a mound.
  • Wrap pastry in plastic wrap and store in a fridge for 30 minutes.
  • Remove pastry from the fridge and roll out into a circle at least 3 inches wider than your pie dish.
  • Rub butter on all sides of the inside of your pie dish.
  • Carefully place pastry into pie dish making sure to carefully push pastry into base on all sides. Leave excess pastry to hang over the pie dish.
  • Place pie dish on a baking sheet in the fridge again for another 30 minutes.
  • After 30 minutes remove pie dish and adjust pastry if necessary then roll rolling pin over the top of the pie dish to remove the excess pastry.
  • Mould excess pastry into a mound and freeze for use at another time.
  • With a fork prick pastry base a few times.
  • Cut a circle of parchment paper to cover the base of the pastry, then place pie weights on top and place in a preheated oven at 420 and bake until the pastry edges become golden. Approx. 20 mins.
  • While pastry is baking pour pumpkin puree, honey, salt, cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg into a blender and blend on high until the pumpkin becomes smooth and has a glossy sheen.
  • Transfer pumpkin puree mixture into a saucepan and place saucepan on high heat and stir until the pumpkin mixture is heated through and you can smell the combined ingredients.
  • Remove from the heat and add vanilla and mix thoroughly.
  • Whisk oat milk, cream and eggs, then spoon in 2-3 tbsp of the pumpkin mixture into the egg mixture to warm it and stop the eggs from cooking and solidifying. Test with finger and add more puree mixture if needed.
  • Pour the warmed egg mixture into the pumpkin mixture and mix thoroughly.
  • Once pastry is blind baked remove the pie weights and parchment.
  • Tip pie filling into pie case then place pie dish on a cooking sheet and place into a preheated oven at 375.
  • Cook until pie filling becomes mostly solid in the outer areas but still quivers in the middle. Approx. 50 mins
  • Allow to cool before serving with whipped cream.