Pumpkin Pie Recipes
The pumpkin is a vegetable which contains a lot of sugar and other nutrients. It also has dietary properties and it is often recommended to people with kidney diseases. In addition to baking and cooking pumpkin is used for the preparation of dishes, cakes and pastries. There are a lot of pumpkin pie recipes but the one you will read about here is one of the most popular and delicious pumpkin pie recipe.
You will need 1 kg puff pastry ( or prepared shortcake ), 2 tablespoons clean butter, 1 cup brown sugar ( maximum one and a half if you prefer it to be more sweet ), 1 egg, 1-2 tablespoons cinnamon or vanilla, 500 g grated pumpkin and ½ cup walnuts, optional. A common ingredient of the pumpkin pie recipes is the honey but it is not needed here because of the brown sugar and the cinnamon. To start with the butter, the sugar and the cinnamon have to be mixed in a deep pan which is put over a low heat until the butter is melted. The next step is adding the pumpkin in the pan and frying it until golden. Optionally the mixture of the chopped walnuts is added. Then the half of the batter is spread in the bottom of a round shape for baking and the filling is poured above it. The rest of the butter is put on the top. Pierce the pastry with a fork and anoint it with a beaten egg.
After baking at 180 to 200 degrees for about 30 minutes, you can serve the pie sprinkled with powdered sugar and garnish with whipped cream. This pastry is a perfect dessert after the long pleasant family dinners at the winter. Pumpkin can be used in many other meals like cakes, pancakes, meatloaf, muffins and so on. There are many pecan pie recipes in which the pumpkin is an essential ingredient. The nuts and the pumpkin are the perfect combination and that is why they are often used together even when the pumpkin is just baked, it is sprinkled with grated nuts and sugar. The pumpkin is very healthy and the regular eating of this vegetable can really help you remember things easier and faster, eliminate stomach problems and prevent of diseases of the colon. So, pumpkin pie recipes are definitely something which is worth giving a go- delicious and healthy. What more could a person need?