Pumpkin Pie
Description
Tasty baked goods for the whole family. October is when pumpkins ripen — and time to cook with them. It’s just the moment to bake a very delicious, fragrant Pumpkin Pie. Don’t be put off by the long list of ingredients: it won’t be a catastrophe if some of the fragrant spices aren’t at hand. The pie is very easy to make — follow the step-by-step recipe, and soon this wonderful dessert will be on your table. You can serve it with tea or coffee.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients.
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Step 2
Cut the peeled pumpkin into large pieces and bake in the oven (20–30 minutes) or in the microwave (5–7 minutes) until tender; you can add a couple of tablespoons of water so it stays juicy.
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Step 3
While the pumpkin is baking, prepare the dough: mix together the flour, icing sugar and a pinch of salt.
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Step 4
Add chilled butter, diced, to the flour. Rub everything together into fine crumbs. Work as quickly as you can so the butter stays cold and does not melt.
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Step 5
Make a well in the flour, pour in icy water with lemon juice.
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Step 6
Knead the dough, gather it into a flat disk, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
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Step 7
Mix eggs, salt, sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, lemon and orange zest, and starch.
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Step 8
Add cream (or full-fat sour cream) to the aromatic mixture and stir to combine.
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Step 9
Puree the pumpkin and add the cream and spices to the prepared mixture.
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Step 10
Roll out the dough into a thin sheet, line the pan with it, and shape the sides. Trimmed scraps from leveling the crust will come in handy shortly for decorating the pie. Dock the bottom with a fork.
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Step 11
Par-bake the pie crust for 20–25 minutes at 180°. Line it with parchment paper and fill it with pie weights (dried peas, beans).
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Step 12
Fill the partly baked pie crust with the filling and bake for a further 45–55 minutes at 180 °C.
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Step 13
Cut leaf shapes out of the leftover dough, use a toothpick to score the veins, and bake those as well.
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Step 14
Decorate the finished pie with baked pastry leaves, candied pumpkin, star-anise stars, or simply dust with confectioners’ sugar. Pumpkin pie should be served completely cooled. A scoop of ice cream rounds out the dessert beautifully. This pie is very tasty and fragrant—even people who dislike pumpkin will adore it.