Pumpkin Pie, Old Man Chef Style
Ingredients
- 1 medium sugar pumpkin
- 2 eggs plus 1 egg yold room temperature
- 1 oz vanilla syrup such as Torani
- 1 oz Captain Morgan's Rum
- 1 Tbsp vanilla
- ⅓ cup white sugar
- ½ tsp Kosher salt
- 2 vanilla beans seeds only
- 2 tsp cardamom
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp ginger
- ¼ tsp fresh nutmeg
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 ½ cup heavy cream
- 1 deep dish pie crust
Instructions
Step #1
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Place pumpkin in the oven and roast for 1 hour, or until fork tender
- Once cool to the touch, peel, remove the seeds and cut into smaller pieces
- Place the pieces in a food processor (or blender) and puree. Cool completely
Step #2
- In a large mixing bowl, add eggs, vanilla syrup and rum and vanilla. Beat for 2 min on medium speed.
- In a separate mixing bowl, mix white sugar, salt, vanilla bean seeds, cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and brown sugar.
- Add dry mixture to the eggs
- Once mixed, add the pumpkin puree from Step #1
Step #3
- Whip heavy cream until medium, soft peaks form
- Using a spatula, gently fold the whipped cream into the pumpkin mixture. This must be done by hand.
- Do not overmix
- Add pie crust to the pie dish and add the pumpkin mixture to the pie crust.
- Bake in 425 degree oven for 15 min. Reduce oven heat to 350 and bake for an additional 30 min or until a toothpick or thin knife comes out clean from the center of the pie.