Pumpkin Maple Custard Recipes

PUMPKIN MAPLE CUSTARD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• In a medium saucepan, whisk together cream, milk, syrup, and pumpkin, Bringing to a simmer over medium heat.
• Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk together yolks, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
• Whisking constantly, gradually add hot cream mixture to the yolk mixture, straining through a fine-mesh sieve into a large pyrex measuring cup.
• Divide mixture evenly among six 6-ounce ramekins or custard cups.
• Line the bottom of a 9 by 13 inch baking pan with a kitchen towel to prevent custards from scorching; place ramekins on top of towel.
• Place in oven on center rack, and pour enough boiling water in pan to come halfway up sides of ramekins.
• Cover pan tightly with foil, and bake until custard is set and a knife inserted in center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes.
• Allow to cool completely, then refrigerate, covered first with paper towel (to absorb moisture), and then with plastic wrap, for at least 2 hours or up to overnight.
• Serve garnished with chopped crystallized ginger and sweetened whipped cream.

MAPLE PUMPKIN CUSTARD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly coat a 9-inch pie plate or other casserole with the cooking spray and set aside.
• In a large bowl combine the pumpkin puree, Splenda Granular, sugar free maple syrup, cinnamon, salt, eggs, milk, and vanilla. Pour into prepared dish and bake for 40 minutes or until a knife inserted near center comes out clean. Serve warm, or cold with Maple Whipped Cream.
• MAPLE WHIPPED CREAM.
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream.
• 2 tablespoons Joseph's sugar free maple syrup.
• In a medium bowl whip the cream and maple syrup until soft peaks form.

PUMPKIN MAPLE CUSTARD PIE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 F.
• Mush together two pie crusts in a deep pie dish and pre-bake the crust using dried beans to weight it down, cover the top with foil and bake for 20 min, but keep checking. You want it to be cooked to semi-firm.
• Separate the egg yolks from the whites in two separate bowls.
• Set aside the whites, and put the egg yolks and the rest of the ingredients, except the Cinnamon sticks and sugar, in a bowl and mix to incorporate.
• In the bowl with the egg whites, add the sugar, then use an electric mixer to beat the egg whites until they form soft peaks. You don't want it to be a full meringue, just soft and creamy.
• Gently fold in the beaten (sugared) egg whites into the other (maple/pumpkin) mixture using a rubber spatula and swirling it around till reasonably incorporated. Pour everything into the pre-baked pie crust and bake at 375 for 30 min, keeping the top covered with foil. Keep checking the pie with a toothpick that comes out clean---which means it's done.
• Once the pie has cooled, decorate the top, and cover any hot spots with the Cinnamon sticks.