Thanksgiving pumpkin pie

Thanksgiving’s right around the corner, and with Thanksgiving comes a bountiful his special recipe for pumpkin pie.

Ingredients: to serve 6

Pie dough

• 1 egg yolk
• 75g butter
• 75g sugar
• 150g flour
• 1 drop vanilla essence
• ½tsp apricot jam

Pie filling

• 2 eggs
• 60g brown sugar
• 150g cream
• 3g cinnamon
• 1 small stick cinnamon
• 2g grated nutmeg
• 250g pumpkin puree
• 1tbs honey

Preparation:

• To make the pie dough, knead all ingredients to create a smooth dough, roll out and fit into pie mould. Allow to rest for 20 minutes in the fridge.
• To make the filling, peel the pumpkin and cut into 3 cm cubes. Place in a pot, cover with water, add sugar and the cinnamon stick and cook until the pumpkin cubes are tender. Strain, remove the cinnamon stick and puree the pumpkin with a food mill. Stir sugar and eggs in separate bowl until the sugar is dissolved, add pumpkin mash and remaining ingredients to sugar and egg mixture, mixing thoroughly.
• Pour the filling in the pie mould and bake in the oven at 175oC for about 20 minutes or until the middle of the pie is firm. Allow to cool, brush the surface of the pie with apricot jam and serve with a dollop of sweetened whipped cream.

To sample this dish at Hilton Hanoi Opera’s Chez Manon restaurant with Executive Chef Theodor Rudiferia, please call (04) 933 0 500 for reservations.

Source VietnamNews