Thursday, November 28, 2013

Pumpkin Pie




Pumpkin pie – it’s just not Thanksgiving without it, but once you realize how easy it is to make, you might want it more often. Like for breakfast!

I have to admit to using an old standby, the recipe from a can of Libby’s 100% Pure (canned) Pumpkin (see below) which never fails, though I swap out the evap milk for the same quantity ½ and ½. It’s fast, easy, yummy and familiar. However, one year I decided to do a taste test with one “traditional” pie versus one Bourbon Pumpkin Pie which I saw in Gourmet Magazine. Which one won? The Gourmet version did, and you can say because it has fewer eggs and ads sour cream for a little tang, or is more heavily spiced, or is creamier… or you can just say BOURBON.



First of all, you need to make a crust. Click here for my FAMOUS three minute Cuisinart “no roll” crust and thank me forever. If you’re in a rush, fine. Go ahead and use frozen dough. I will avert my eyes. (Below: my pie crust, right out of the Cuisinart. No rolling! Trust me.)



After you blind bake your crust, let it cool while you prepare the filling, as follows:

BOURBON PUMPKIN PIE
1 (15 oz) can pure pumpkin
1 cup heavy cream
1/3 cup sour cream
2 large eggs
¾ cup sugar
3 ½ Tbsp. bourbon
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
¾ tsp. ground ginger
¼ tsp. ground allspice
¼ tsp. salt

·         Whisk together ingredients and pour into cooled shell.
·         Bake until edge of filling is set but center trembles slightly, about 45 minutes (filling will continue to set as it cools). Cool completely.

·         Serve at room temperature. For added depth of flavor, add bourbon to the whipped cream you dollop on top of each slice!
going into the oven - and out of it! (Note in photo below the filling is puffed up. It will settle.)





2 comments:

  1. Looks amazing! I just made an incredible pumpkin soup, need to go back to pies next ;) Love your labeled vintage canisters on your header, too!

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  2. Thank you! I love pumpkin SO MUCH but I've made 6 pies, 4 batches of muffins, about 20 smoothies and 2 boxes of pumpkin chai tea - I think I've hit the saturation point for the year! ;)

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