Honeyed Pumpkin Pie Recipes

FRESH PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Cut pumpkin in half, and remove seeds. Lightly oil the cut surface. Place cut side down on a jelly roll pan lined with foil and lightly oiled. Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) until the flesh is tender when poked with a fork. Cool until just warm. Scrape the pumpkin flesh from the peel. Either mash, or puree in small batches in a blender.
• In large bowl, blend together 2 cups pumpkin puree, spices, and salt. Beat in eggs, honey, milk, and cream. Pour filling into pie shell.
• Bake at 400 degrees F ( 205 degrees C) for 50 to 55 minutes, or until a knife inserted 1 inch from edge of pie comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

HONEYED PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400ºF.
• In a bowl, whisk together first 11 ingredients (pumpkin through vanilla) just until blended. Do not beat.
• Pour pumpkin mixture into pie shell.
• Bake for 40 - 45 minutes or until a knife inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool pie on a rack. Refrigerate until serving or for up to 24 hours.
• Serve with whipped cream.

HONEY PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. On a lightly floured surface, roll half of dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim crust to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate; flute edge., In a bowl, combine pumpkin, honey, cinnamon, salt, ginger, nutmeg and cloves. Add eggs, evaporated milk and milk. Pour into crust. Bake until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, 45-50 minutes. Cover edge loosely with foil during the last 15 minutes if needed to prevent overbrowning. Remove?foil. Cool on a wire?rack. , On a lightly floured surface, roll remaining dough to 1/8-in.-thick. Cut out three 3-in. leaves and three 5x1/2-in. strips. Using a sharp knife, cut veins in leaves. Wrap each strip of dough around the handle of a wooden spoon; place spoons upside down on a baking sheet. Place leaves, vein side up, on the rounded side of spoons. Bake until golden brown, 8-10 minutes. Arrange on cooled pie. Refrigerate leftovers.

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.

HONEY PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Stir pumpkin, honey, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves.
• Add eggs and mix well.
• Stir in the milks and mix well.
• Pour into pie shells. (Hint: place pie shells on a cookie sheet for more stability when placing into/taking out of oven).
• Bake at 375 degree oven for 1 - 1 1/4 hour, or until a knife in the center comes out clean.
• Serve warm, topped with whipped cream or ice cream.
• Preparing Fresh Pumpkin.
• There are many different ways to prepare pumpkin, but this is the easiest and quickest method we have found yet. When cooked right, the hard outer shell peels off practically by itself!
• Sugar pumpkins (the small pumpkins the size of a volleyball) are recommended, but we have used jack-o-lantern sized pumpkins, and even giant 50-100 pound pumpkins, with good results. In general, the smaller the pumpkin, the sweeter the meat. You may need to add more honey with a larger pumpkin (taste before baking). Use fresh pumpkins, not carved pumpkins. Any pulp not used immediately in recipes can be stored for up to 2 days in the refridgerator, or can be stored in the freezer indefinitely. If you store in the freezer, place a 1 cup portion in a plastic bag - this is the amount required by most recipes.
• Directions.
• Cut pumpkin in halves (or quarters, if large). Scoop out pulp and seeds. (Seeds can be saved later for roasting.) Lightly oil inside meat of pumpkin.
• Cover meat side of pumpkin with foil. Place foil-side down on cookie sheet.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 1 1/2 hours, or until meat is soft throughout. Allow to cool until you can handle with your hands. Scrape pulp from rind and place in blender. Puree until consistent throughout. Line colander with coffee filters. Place puree in colander and allow to drain 2-3 hours, or overnight in fridge.

HONEY PUMPKIN PIE II

Steps:

• Mix the sugar, salt, flour and spices.
• Add slightly beaten eggs and pumpkin with honey.
• Blend well.
• Stir in milk and water.
• Pour into 2 (9-inch) pie shells.
• Bake at 450 degrees for 20 minutes; then reduce heat to 350 degrees and continue baking 25 minutes.
• HONEY PECAN PUMPKIN PIE 2 cup cooked or canned pumpkin 1 cup honey 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 teaspoons salt 1/2 teaspoons ginger 1 teaspoons cinnamon 1/4 teaspoons nutmeg 3 eggs, slightly beaten 1 can evaporated milk 1 cup chopped pecans.
• Mix pumpkin, honey, sugar, salt and spices.
• Add eggs and milk; mix and pour into unbaked pie shell and sprinkle with pecans.
• Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 325 degrees and bake 45 minutes or until set.
• HONEY PUMPKIN PIE 2 large eggs 1/4 cup honey 1 cup evaporated skimmed milk 1 (16 oz.) can cooked pumpkin 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice 1/4 teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons unsweetened orange juice concentrate 1 (9-inch) unbaked pastry crust.
• In mixing bowl with electric mixer, beat eggs until foaming.
• Add honey, milk, pumpkin spice, salt and juice concentrate. Beat until well blended.
• Pour pumpkin filling into unbaked pie shell.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 60 to 65 minutes.
• Serves 8.

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!