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#GreatHallowTweet Halloween BlogHop

Welcome to the #GreatHallowTweet Halloween BlogHop. This was the brain child of the fabulous Renee at Flamingo Musings. During this week leading up to Halloween a devilish group of bloggers are causing mayheim and carnage all over the interwebs. My kind of people. ;)

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Pumpkin Pie
Recipe by Stephanie Jaworski of Joyofbaking.com

When I think of Halloween, I think of pumpkins. But would you believe that I have never made a pumpkin pie. Really, I hardly believed it myself. :) So when I had my family's thanksgiving dinner this year, I set out to make my first one.

But what pumpkin pie recipe to choose? There are so many out there. For the solution, I went to my Twitter friends and asked them for their favourite recipe. They didn't fail me. One friend sent me to Joyofbaking.com for Stephanie Jaworski's pie recipe. It looked amazing and it called for maple syrup whipped cream! I was sold.

It was an easy recipe to make and the end result was absolute perfection. My brother declared it the best pumpkin pie he ever had. High praise indeed. :)

Ingredients:
Pate Brisee (Short Crust Pastry)

1 1/4 cups (175 grams) all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon (14 grams) granulated white sugar
1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, chilled, and cut into 1 inch (2.54 cm) pieces
1/8 to 1/4 cup (30 - 60 ml) ice water

Pumpkin Filling

3 large eggs
2 cups fresh pumpkin puree or 1 - 15 ounce can (425 grams) pure pumpkin
1/2 cup (120 ml) heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup (110 grams) light brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt

Maple Whipped Cream

1 cup (240 ml) heavy whipping cream
1 1/2 tablespoons pure maple syrup

Pate Brisee: In a food processor, place the flour, salt, and sugar and process until combined. Add the butter and process until the mixture resembles coarse meal (about 15 seconds). Pour 1/8 cup (30 ml) water in a slow, steady stream, through the feed tube until the dough just holds together when pinched. If necessary, add more water. Do not process more than 30 seconds.

Turn the dough onto your work surface and gather into a ball. Flatten into a disk, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes to one hour before using. This will chill the butter and relax the gluten in the flour.

After the dough has chilled sufficiently, place on a lightly floured surface, and roll into a 13 inch (33 cm) circle. (To prevent the pastry from sticking to the counter and to ensure uniform thickness, keep lifting up and turning the pastry a quarter turn as you roll (always roll from the center of the pastry outwards).) Fold the dough in half and gently transfer to a 9 inch (23 cm) pie pan. Brush off any excess flour and tuck the overhanging pastry under itself. Use a fork to make a decorative border. Alternatively, you can trim the pastry to the edge of the pie pan. With the remaining pastry make decorative cut-outs (leaves, pumpkins, etc.) and with a little water, attach them around the lip of the pie pan. Refrigerate the pastry, covered with plastic wrap, for about 30 minutes before pouring in the filling.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) and place rack in bottom third of the oven.

Make the Pumpkin Filling: In a large bowl lightly whisk the eggs. Add the remaining ingredients and stir to combine. Pour the mixture into the prepared pie shell and place on a large baking pan to catch any spills. Bake the pie for about 45 to 55 minutes or until the filling is set and the crust has browned (the center will still look wet). (A knife inserted about 1 inch (2.54 cm) from side of pan will come out almost clean.)

Place the baked pie on a wire rack to cool. Serve at room temperature with maple whipped cream. Store any leftovers in the refrigerator.

Make the Maple Whipped Cream:

Place the heavy whipping cream and maple syrup in bowl of your electric mixer. With the whisk attachment, whip the cream until soft peaks form.

16 comments:

glamah16 said...

Yummm. Maple whipped cream. Dont you love all these Fall dishes?

A Bowl Of Mush said...

ooh maple whipped cream, wow!

This looks really delicious!

Peter M said...

Haha I love it! This is the same pumpkin pie I made for Thanksgiving dinner...complete with turkey design on the pie's face.

Tasty huh?

Rosa's Yummy Yums said...

A wonderful pumpkin pie! So scrumptious looking!

Cheers,

Rosa

Barbara Bakes said...

Your first pumpkin pie looks perfect!

Elle said...

Oooh, one of my favorites! And I love the maple whipped cream--perrrfect!

Vancouver real estate agent said...

Pumpkin pie is very popular in our family. My wife use this or very similar recipe too. And she is absolutely satisfied when the pie disappears in a moment after it is served thanks to all members of our family. However, we have it during Thanksgiving but it would be nice to make it also for Halloween even if it's not a tradition.

Best regards,
Jay

Michelle said...

We finally got pumpkin in our stores so I'm dying for any thing pumpkin. And pie sound wonderful right now!

RJ Flamingo said...

Mmmmm! Maple Whipped Cream... drool! Sounds creamy, dreamy! Yummy kickoff for the #GreatHallowTweet! Yum!

Anonymous said...

How cool! What a great idea!

Tracy said...

Your pie looks great! I wish I had a piece!

Woman with a Whisk said...

mmm, you had me at maple whipped cream!

Sam Hoffer / My Carolina Kitchen said...

I also make Pate Brisee in the food processor and it always works well. Love the pie - perfect for our cool weather.
Sam

easy recipes said...

The pumpkin filling look great.

NKP said...

Mmm, I want to eat that with my hands! You did a great job - I can't believe it is your first!

Anonymous said...

Sounds great with the maple whipped cream!

 
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