Pumpkin Pie

Name: Pumpkin Pie
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 50 g/2 oz butter; 100 g/4 oz castor sugar; 100 g/4 oz shortcrust pastry; 900 g/2 lb fresh pumpkin; ¼ level teaspoon ground nutmeg; ¼ level teaspoon ground cloves; ½ level teaspoon salt; ½ level teaspoon ground cinnamon; 3 eggs, lightly beaten; 1.5 dl/¼ pint single cream

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Times Calendar Cookbook

By Katie Stewart

Published 1977

About

Pumpkin has traditional associations with Hallowe’en. Fresh pumpkin can be bought by the pound; most greengrocers prefer to cut pumpkins at the weekend when they have several orders.

Ingredients

100 g/4 oz shortcrust pastry

Pastry
Vegetarian
Pie

Method

Roll out the prepared pastry on a lightly floured working surface to a circle about 23 cm (9 in) in diameter. Line either a 20-