Thursday, November 24, 2022

Pumpkin spice

I moved to France before the whole "pumpkin spice" thing happened in the US, so I'm not really familiar with all of the details. These are the spices that go into my pumpkin pies.

Left to right: ground cinnamon, ground allspice, ground cardamom, ground cloves, ground ginger, and whole nutmeg.

This one, however, has no pumpkin. I didn't grow any this year and all the pumpkin I had roasted and put away in the freezer is gone. This pie is made with butternut squash, a fine substitue for pumpkin. I could have got pumpkins at the market, but Ken found a beautiful butternut at the store the other day and I decided to use that. Sweet potatoes would have worked, too.

Blind-baked crust ready for the filling.

I made the dough early yesterday morning and kept it in the fridge until I was ready to make the pie. Before I made the filling, I blind-baked the crust using pie weights to keep its shape.

The finished pumpkin pie. Serve each slice with a dollop of cream if you like.

The filling was made with the squash, eggs, cream, sugar, and the spices you see. The whole thing baked for about an hour. After it cooled, I took the pie out of the pan and slid it onto the cake/pie plate. We cheated and each had a piece yesterday afternoon. There's plenty left for today. And beyond!

8 comments:

  1. I'd cheat, too. That looks delicious.

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  2. Ground cloves (we don't use that in cooking here) is called girofle in France. Interesting. 'Clou de girofle', it seems.

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    1. andrew, sorry, somehow your comment went to spam, so I liberated it! Yes, clove is "clou de girofle." When it's ground, it says "moulu" on the label. I shortened it for my handwritten label.

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  3. I cheated and had a piece of pumpkin pie last night with cool whip because I didn't have any cream whipped. Your pie looks better than the one I bought at Publix lol.

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  4. My pumpkin pie is in the oven! I don't put cardamom in mine, or allspice (I use the Libby's can recipe)... what is this about a "pumpkin spice thing"?
    Hope you're enjoying your day!

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  5. Interested to learn from the top image - The language on the nutmeg container is English. Surely you can buy nutmeg in France? Roderick

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    1. Muscade, or noix de muscade if you are buying the nut.

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  6. mitch, it turned out well. :)

    evelyn, if you liked it, it was good!

    judy, I found out through the internet. All kinds of foods were flavored with the spices that traditionally go into a pumpkin pie. Like Pumpkin Spice latte. And even weirder combinations. Maybe the fad is over?

    roderick, the spices were all bought in France. Some of the bottles come from when I lived in California. I've been refilling them for nearly twenty years!

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