With summer officially over I think that it’s time to share my pumpkin pie recipe! One of my constituency staff, Maureen, has also kindly shared her pie dough recipe with us! I hope you enjoy them!
Maureen’s Pie Dough Recipe:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (unbleached)
1/2 cup cake flour
1 tsp salt
6 ounces butter
2 ounces vegetable shortening
1/2 cup ice water minus 1 tbsp
1 tbsp BC vodka
Put the flours, salt and diced butter into food processor and pulse 5 or 6 times to break up the butter. Add the shortening, turn on the machine, pour in the ice water and vodka, and pulse 2 or 3 times. Remove the cover and feel the dough - it should look like a bunch of small lumps and will just hold together in a mass when you press a handful together. Do not over mix - it should not mass on the blade of the machine. If too dry pulse in droplets of water.
Turn the dough out onto your work surface, press it into a rough mass. For a final blending, rapidly and roughly, with the heel of your hand, push egg-size clumps of dough out in front of you in a 6 inch smear. Form the dough into a round cake, wrap in plastic and chill for a couple of hours.
Lana’s Pie Filling Recipe:
1 BC sugar pumpkin (about 4 pounds), halved
6 large eggs
1 tbsp heavy cream
1 1/2 cups plus 2 tbsp packed light-brown sugar
2 tbsp cornstarch
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
3 cups evaporated milk
2 tbsp grated fresh ginger
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Clean fresh pumpkin, roast cut sides down, on a rimmed baking sheet until soft, 50 to 60 minutes. Let cool completely.
In food processor, process pumpkin until smooth, about 1 minute. Measure out 3 cups. Transfer pumpkin to a large bowl. Add brown sugar, cornstarch, salt, cinnamon, ginger, vanilla, nutmeg, eggs, evaporated milk. Whisk until combined. Place pie dough in 2 pie dishes.
Reduce oven to 350 degrees. Place pie dishes on rimmed baking sheets. Divide pumpkin mixture evenly between shells. Sprinkle grated ginger on top of pies. Bake until all but centers are set, about 40 minutes.
Sincerely,