Does anybody have a really good, easy recipe for pumpkin pie? I’d really like to try it and believe it is a speciality of the Thanksgiving celebration.
If I’m honest I’ve never really understood the point of having Thanksgiving and THEN Christmas, so swiftly afterwards – do you have to gather all the family troops together twice and cook the same turkey meal? I know this one is all about harvest so a lot more real than the one that is all about presents and Father Christmas and of course baby Jesus…but has Thanksgiving become more significant over the years? Is it just about sitting down and being thankful for what you’ve got? Which maybe I should do…because I am very thankful for all that I’ve got.
Here is the card I dig out every year for my American friends….Happy Thanksgiving for the fourth Thursday of November y’all xx
Expat Mum
November 26, 2013Canada had their Thanksgiving in October I think. I can get you a few recipes, but it’s usually with tinned pumpkin as the real stuff doesn’t cook up very well. Not sure how easy it is to get tinned in the UK.
Family Affairs
November 26, 2013Oh yes please – as wondered about how to deal with pumpkin – we must have tinned pumpkin somewhere although I’ve never seen it. Thanks x
Jennifer Howze
November 26, 2013Everybody I know makes pumpkin pie with tinned pumpkin. But if I were you, I’d go with the more delicious pecan pie. Plus, the ingredients are easier to get ahold of!
Family Affairs
November 26, 2013Oh OK then thanks – will find an easy recipe for that instead unless you have one? Lx
Janey
November 26, 2013While turkey is almost mandatory for the Thanksgiving meal (though some people chose something else) I know very few people who have turkey for Christmas. Christmas is usually a time for a more special meal.
Family Affairs
November 26, 2013REALLY?? What’s more special than Christmas Turkey meal??? I didn’t know that. Lx
Karin
November 26, 2013If you can find the can of pumpkin, there will probably be a recipe on it for pie – main ingredients are evaporated milk, sugar, eggs and spices. I’m actually stepping out this year and will try a real pumpkin (bought at the final farmers market of the season last weekend) and probably this recipe: http://www.food.com/recipe/thanksgiving-pumpkin-pie-uses-fresh-pumpkin-105977.
Family Affairs
November 26, 2013That’s BRAVE and clearly almost unheard of to use the original beast in the pie? FRESH PUMPKIN?? Lx
Family Affairs
November 26, 2013Are they saying buy a pastry dish to put it in that is actually the pastry already made? It all looks a little bit complicated for me…Lx
Karin
November 27, 2013No, just means a single pie crust, rather than a double. – Though we can buy pre-formed crusts in disposable pie plates over here, I don’t know who would do that and then tackle a real pumpkin! (which is VERY hard to cut open, by the way – I learned that last night!)
Family Affairs
November 28, 2013but what does that mean – single pie crust – can you buy it like that or are you supposed to make a pie crust and what’s a double pie crust? I KNOW about pumpkin – we have to carve the bloody things every year – no idea how to cook them – guess have to boil in skin first? #waytogotinnedpumpkin
SusannahS
December 15, 2013Late as always…
A double pie crust means that the top of the pie is covered with a crust–basically you need two circles of dough for that. A single pie crust is simply the bottom crust–one circle of dough. I can’t imagine a pumpkin pie or a pecan pie calling for a double crust. I always use a latticed double crust when I make an apple pie though.
Also, only Philistines use canned pumpkin. Totally inferior, although decidedly easier and less messy, to the real thing. Ditto the premade pie crusts. If you’re going to do it, do it right. 😉 I swear it will taste better!
My families* tends to go all out for the holidays, though, with the homemade stuff. We usually do a standing crown rib roast or crown rack of lamb for Christmas Day dinner; turkey and ham is our Christmas Eve dinner. Turkey, ham and hamloaf(don’t even ask; it’s disgusting but it’s our family tradition) is our Thanksgiving. This past Thanksgiving, for various reasons, we had a caterer do everything but the turkey and it just wasn’t the same.
*Still splitting the holidays between Mother’s side of the family and Daddy’s side of the family even though I’m an adult myself.
Now I’m hungry…
Family Affairs
December 15, 2013fantastic – thanks for the top tips xx