Pumpkin Pie - Thank you Internet...

Highly recommended:

 

by my writing group,

by Americans at Doug and Nadia's Thanksgiving dinner,

and by us South Africans who ate it.

 

(The Americans said this was the best they had ever tasted.)

 

Here is the recipe if I ever need to make it again,

or if you want to try it.

 

Crust:

 

Cream together

150g butter

1/2 cup sugar

 

Add to above and mix

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

 

Press mixture into three aluminium pie shells

Bake 190C for about 25 - 30 minutes until golden brown

Allow to cool

 

Pumpkin pie filling:

 

Mix together in a pot:

2 cups boiled and mashed pumpkin - cooled

1 can evaporated milk

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/3 cup white sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

3 eggs

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

 

Turn stove plate onto high

Stir briskly ALL THE TIME so that the mixture doesn't "catch" on the bottom of the pot

When the mixture gets nearer to boiling, turn heat down to medium while the mixture thickens

(Keep stirring all the time)

Immediately pour the hot thickened mixture into the cooled pie shells

Sprinkle pie filling with ground cinnamon

Allow to cool

Chill before eating

Serve with whipped cream for those who would like it

 

ENJOY!