Honey Ginger Cream Topping For Pumpkin Pie Recipes

HONEY-GINGER CREAM

Steps:

• In a chilled bowl, beat 2 cups chilled whipping cream until stiff, gradually adding honey and ginger.
• Chill 1 to 2 hours before serving.

CARAMELIZED HONEY PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven:
• Arrange an oven rack in the center position and preheat the oven to 325°F. Place the parbaked pie crust on a foil-lined rimmed baking sheet and set aside.
• Brown the butter:
• In a small saucepan, cook the butter over medium-low heat, stirring and scraping the bottom and sides constantly with a heatproof spatula. The mixture will sputter as the water boils off. Continue to cook, stirring and scraping, until the sputtering subsides, the butter is foaming, and the solid bits turn a dark brown, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Caramelize the honey:
• Remove the saucepan from the heat and immediately add the honey (to prevent the butter from burning), stirring to combine. Return the saucepan to medium heat and bring to a boil. Continue to cook, swirling often, until the mixture is darkened slightly and has a savory, nutty smell, about 2 minutes. Remove the saucepan from the heat and slowly stream in the heavy cream, stirring constantly (be careful-the mixture may sputter) until it's smooth. Set the warm honey mixture aside.
• Make the pumpkin filling:
• In a large bowl, whisk the eggs to break up the whites and yolks, then add the brown sugar and whisk vigorously until the mixture has lightened in color by a shade or two, about 1 minute. Whisk in the pumpkin, cinnamon, ginger, vanilla, salt, allspice, nutmeg, and cloves until smooth. Slowly stream in the warm honey mixture, whisking constantly, until the filling is completely homogenous.
• Fill the crust and bake:
• Pour the filling into the parbaked crust all the way to the top. (Depending on the height of your crust, you may have some leftover filling, which I recommend you keep! Ever so carefully transfer the pie to the center rack and bake until the filling is set and puffed around the edges and the center wobbles gently, 45 to 60 minutes.
• Cool the pie gently:
• Turn off the oven and prop the door open with a wooden spoon. Let the pie cool completely in the oven. Doing so will allow it to cool gradually, which will prevent cracking on the surface.
• Serve:
• Slice the pie into wedges and top each piece with softly whipped cream. Grate a bit of fresh nutmeg over the cream and serve.
• Do Ahead: The pie, covered and refrigerated, will keep up to 3 days but is best served on the first or second day (the crust will soften over time).
• Cooks' Notes
• Use a good-quality, dark-hued honey. The more strongly flavored the better, so it stands out against the pumpkin. Just don't use buckwheat or chestnut honey, which are too intense.
• Bake any remaining pumpkin filling separately in a small ramekin. I like to do this to prevent ingredient waste, and also because it allows me to sample the filling prior to cutting into the pie!

HONEY PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Line 9-inch pie plate with pastry disk.
• Flute the edge. With fork, prick shell all over.
• Place in freezer for 30 minutes.
• Line pastry shell with foil or parchment paper, then fill with pie weights or pie chains.
• Bake empty shell on the lowest rack in 400 F oven for 10 minutes.
• Remove both weights and foil; continue baking for about 10 minutes longer or until pastry is set. FILLING: Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat eggs lightly.
• Add pumpkin, honey, light cream, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg and salt. Combine thoroughly and pour into the pastry shell.
• Combine sour cream with milk; pour into plastic dispenser with very, very, very narrow opening.
• Hold finger over the opening and position the dispenser above the pie. Remove finger and quickly drizzle mixture in spiral pattern over filling.
• Beginning at centre, pull tip of knife towards the perimeter through filling and sour cream mixture at 8 evenly spaced intervals about 1/4 inch deep.
• Beginning at outside, pull knife through middle of intervals toward centre to create web pattern.
• Bake on lowest rack in 350 F oven for about 1 hour or until filling is set and point of knife inserted into centre comes out clean.
• Let cool on rack.