Pumpkin pie...

Liverpool-Lad · 18 Oct 2011 at 17:03

Has anyone else made this ? After trying some in the states, I thought Id give it a bash and used this recipe:

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/4577/pumpkin-pie.aspx

Sadly no action shots, but it tasted great.

Glaucus · 18 Oct 2011 at 17:06

Can't say I have. Pumpkin pie is ok. But love halloween only time you can get pumpkins and south African pumpkin fritters in cinnamon sugar are to die for.

glitch · 18 Oct 2011 at 18:28

I'm partial to a slice of pumpkin pie, but I tend to favour the 'less hassle' approach and open a can of Libby's Pumpkin mix rather than mess around with the raw ingredient.

Pumpkin fritters with cinnamon sugar sound rather nyom though, Acid!

Capt Doufos · 18 Oct 2011 at 19:48

I love it, discovered it about 3 years ago. Last two years I have made it with my own pumpkins, it nice that it's seasonal as well, unless you use a can of course.

The BBC Good Food receipe is the one I use, and it's supposed to be pretty authentic. The cream that goes with it is a must!

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/7733/classic-pumpkin-pie-with-pecan-and-maple-cream

Try and get a Culinary pumpkin as they are a bit sweeter, not essential though. You will need one that weighs about 1.1-1.2kg to get the 550g of flesh.

Liverpool-Lad · 18 Oct 2011 at 21:10

glitch said:
I'm partial to a slice of pumpkin pie, but I tend to favour the 'less hassle' approach and open a can of Libby's Pumpkin mix rather than mess around with the raw ingredient.

Pumpkin fritters with cinnamon sugar sound rather nyom though, Acid!

You can buy canned pumpkin here? I had no idea...

I used a decent sized one from Asda which is more of a carving type but worked well when baked.

glitch · 18 Oct 2011 at 21:26

Liverpool-Lad said:
You can buy canned pumpkin here? I had no idea...

Most of the supermarkets should be starting to stock it now, especially with Halloween and Thanksgiving rapidly approaching.

Failing that there are plenty of delis and food stores that are stocking up, so it ought to be getting easier to come by.

PlacidCasual · 18 Oct 2011 at 22:11

I made one this week using Anthony Worral Thompsons recipe on the beeb website. I quite like it but would definitely add some sugar to mix as the pumpkin I used wasn't especially sweet.

Liverpool-Lad · 18 Oct 2011 at 23:00

The recipe above uses half a pound of light brown sugar

PlacidCasual · 19 Oct 2011 at 13:17

I should have written " some more sugar " in that case. It wasn't particularly sweet as final product.

hood1971 · 19 Oct 2011 at 15:35

AcidHell2 said:
Can't say I have. Pumpkin pie is ok. But love halloween only time you can get pumpkins and south African pumpkin fritters in cinnamon sugar are to die for.

Ag nee man, now I hungry - my gran used to make the greatest pumpkin fritters. Need to try making them myself.

IRLeetly · 19 Oct 2011 at 15:52

My GF makes pumpkin pie, but shes been complaining about the pants size of pumpkins this year. Pumpkin fritters I may have to have a go.

krooton · 19 Oct 2011 at 16:09

I think I have made one once, but it might have been sweet potato pie. Was delicious either way!

randomshenans · 19 Oct 2011 at 17:01

http://youtu.be/tSoU4mFjMPM

Check that one out

IRLeetly · 20 Oct 2011 at 17:28

Got a beast of a pumpkin(g) from asda today (£1), let the massacre commence! Pie and soup diet for a week for me

Master_X · 21 Oct 2011 at 16:52

I have made it a few times with cans of pumpkin i brought back from the states. I might have to try it with fresh pumpkin to see if it tastes better.