{"id":2144,"date":"2010-10-09T09:17:29","date_gmt":"2010-10-09T14:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/?p=2144"},"modified":"2010-10-09T09:17:29","modified_gmt":"2010-10-09T14:17:29","slug":"pumpkin-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/?p=2144","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin pie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAll done.<\/em><\/p>\n

Fall is probably my favorite time of year. Making pumpkin pie is a sacred ritual. Cooks who I would have sworn knew better sometimes tell me that they make pumpkin pie with pumpkin-pie filling bought in a can. They probably buy frozen crusts, too. There is no excuse. Pumpkin pie must be made from scratch.<\/p>\n

I always cook my pumpkin by baking it. It’s not a big deal. This is also the method that Irma Rombauer describes in The Joy of Cooking<\/em>, 1943 edition. That’s my standard reference for traditional cooking, though I rarely follow her recipes exactly — rather, I use her concepts. Actually, I don’t think much of Rombauer’s pumpkin pie recipe. It produces what I would call pumpkin-flavored custard, because it contains less pumpkin and a cup of milk or cream. I prefer a more dense, pumpkiny pie. All I add to the pumpkin is a cup of sugar, a couple of eggs, and cinnamon and nutmeg.<\/p>\n

Here’s the process.<\/p>\n

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\nFind a nice pumpkin. Next year I will grow some.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nCut it in half. Scoop out the seeds and pulp and give it to the chickens.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nPut the pumpkin in a roasting pan and put it in the oven at 325 or 350 degrees.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nBy the way, I found this Williams Sonoma roasting pan at a local junk shop for $10.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nIn about two hours, the pumpkin will be tender. You’ll have clear liquid standing inside the pumpkin shells.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nScoop out the pumpkin flesh. You must remove the liquid, or your pie will be soggy. I squeeze it out while the pumpkin is in a bowl, but you can also use a collander. Save the liquid for soup stock.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nAdd the sugar, eggs and spices and pop the pie in the oven.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All done. Fall is probably my favorite time of year. Making pumpkin pie is a sacred ritual. Cooks who I would have sworn knew better sometimes tell me that they make pumpkin pie with pumpkin-pie filling bought in a can. They probably buy frozen crusts, too. There is no excuse. Pumpkin pie must be made … Continue reading “Pumpkin pie”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}