Pumpkin Pecan Strudel Recipes

MICHELE ALBANO'S MAPLE PUMPKIN PIE WITH PECAN STREUSEL

Steps:

• To make the crust, combine the flour and salt in a medium bowl and mix well. Break up the shortening and toss it with the flour mixture to coat. Using a pastry blender or your fingertips, mix the ingredients together until the dough forms coarse crumbs. Add 3 to 4 tablespoons ice-cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the dough easily forms a ball that can hold itself together. Cover in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes and as long as overnight.
• While the dough is resting, make the streusel: Toss the pecans with the brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Add the butter, and using a pastry blender or your fingertips, work in until you have small clumps. Set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Sprinkle flour generously over a hard surface and roll the dough out with a rolling pin until it forms an 11-inch round. Fold the round in half, place it in a 9-inch pie plate, and then unfold the dough to completely cover the pie plate with a bit of an overhang. Tuck the overhang under to make a double-thick rim, and then use your fingers to crimp the edges of the pie shell. Brush the heavy cream over the crimped edges, and refrigerate until the filling is complete.
• To make the filling, mix the pumpkin, flour, brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt together with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth, scraping the sides of the bowl well. Add the heavy cream and maple syrup, scraping the bowl several times while mixing. Mix in the beaten eggs.
• Pour the filling mixture into the pie shell, and bake for 15 minutes. Then lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees F and bake until the filling is almost firm, about 30 minutes. Remove the pie from the oven and sprinkle the pecan streusel over the top, covering the pie completely. Return the pie to the oven and bake until the filling is just a bit wobbly in the middle and the pecan streusel is golden, 10 to 15 minutes. The total baking time should be 55 to 60 minutes.
• Cool the pie on a wire rack. The pie is best served at either at room temperature or cold. Before serving, garnish the pie with the Maple Whipped Cream.
• Place the metal bowl of an electric mixer in the freezer to chill for at least 15 minutes.
• Combine the cream, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla in the chilled bowl, and beat on high speed until the mixture thickens. Add the maple syrup and beat on high speed until the cream holds firm peaks.

PUMPKIN PIE WITH PECAN STREUSEL TOPPING

Steps:

• Pie Filling: Mix the pumpkin, egg yolks, milk, 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoons ginger.
• 1/2 teaspoons nutmeg, 1/2 teaspoons salt, and orange juice all together.
• Pie Topping: In a separate bowl, mix pecans, brown sugar, flour, 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoons nutmeg and butter.
• Make sure to bake your pie crust for 10 minutes in 425 degree oven before adding the pie filling and topping.
• Once pie crust is baked for 10 minutes, add pumpkin pie filling to pie shell and bake at 400 for 30 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 350 and bake another 30 minutes.
• Place pecan topping on pie and bake for another 15 minutes.
• Let cool before serving.

APPLE BUTTER PUMPKIN PECAN STREUSEL PIE

Steps:

• Preheat to 375 degrees.
• Combine pumpkin, apple butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, salt, eggs, and evaporated milk. Pour into the pie shell.
• Bake 50-60 minutes or until knife inserted two inches from center comes out clean.
• Meanwhile, mix together butter, flour, sugar, and pecans until they resemble coarse crumbs.
• Top pie with streusel topping and bake for an additional 15 minutes.