Pumpkin Pie Recipe

pie crust

🥗Healthier: whole grain crust

💰Cheaper: store-bought crust

Whole grain crust is more nutritious, while store-bought is budget-friendly.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey or maple syrup

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey or maple syrup can be healthier, while brown sugar is often cheaper.

To make the pastry put the plain flour and caster sugar into a bowl and stir together, then add the butter and rub the mixture together with your fingers until it resembles breadcrumbs.

Add the milk or water, add it a bit at a time as you may not need all of it (or you may need a little more), and bring it together into a dough. Wrap it in cling film and chill for 30 minutes.

Pre-heat your oven to 180C Fan/400F/Gas Mark 6.

Roll out the pastry onto a floured surface (you can roll it out onto cling film or a silicone mat to make it easier to lift up) and line a 9 inch tart tin. Trim the edges and use a fork to prick the bottom of the pastry.

Scrunch up some baking paper and line the pastry, then add baking beans. Bake it for 15 minutes.

Take the pastry out of the oven and remove the baking beans and paper.

Bake the pastry again for 10 minutes on the same temperature, or until golden brown all over and cooked through. Set aside while you make the filling.

If you like, make pastry leaves with any leftover pastry cuttings, brush them with beaten egg and bake on a lined baking tray for 10 minutes or until golden. Leave to cool.

Reduce the oven temperature to 160C Fan/350F/Gas Mark 4.

For the pumpkin pie filling, whisk the eggs and sugar together.

Add the double cream and pumpkin puree, and whisk in.

Then add the spices and salt and whisk again.

Pour the filling into the pie crust, it's easier to put the crust in the tin on the oven shelf and pour in from there as it'll stop any spills as you lift it from the work surface to the oven.

Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until the filling is a rich orange colour and only has a very slight wobble to it. It will look puffed up when you remove it from the oven, but it will sink back down and flatten out as it cools.

Leave to cool fully, then put in the fridge to chill.

Serve with whipped cream, store any leftovers in the fridge and eat within 3 days.

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