Black Muslim Carrot Pie Recipes

CARROT PIE

Steps:

• Peel and chop carrots.
• Place carrots in large pot, cover with water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until carrots are tender, about 25 - 30 minutes.
• Drain water. Return carrots to pot. Cook carrots over low heat, stirring constantly, for a few minutes, to steam off all excess water.
• Puree carrots and butter until absolutely smooth. You can do this in a food processor, blender, food mill or with a ricer.
• I use my food processor. After the carrots are smooth, mix in sugars, eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, ginger, vanilla, half & half and flour until well combined.
• Pour mixture into prebaked & cooled 9" pie crust.
• Bake at 350° for 50 - 60 minutes or pie is set and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool on wire rack. Refrigerate for 1-2 hours before serving. Serve with whipped cream and enjoy :)

CARROT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Press the pie crust into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie plate.
• Bake the pie shell for 3 to 5 minutes, just to firm it up, then remove from the oven, and set aside. Place carrots in a saucepan with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain water, and mash carrots until smooth using a food processor, or potato ricer.
• In a medium bowl, mix together the carrot puree, sugar and eggs. Mix in the cinnamon and vanilla. Gradually stir in the milk. Pour the mixture into the partially baked pie shell.
• Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, then reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bake for an additional 40 to 45 minutes at the lower temperature, or until firm. Cool completely before serving.

GRANDMA ROSE'S CARROT PIE

Steps:

• 1. To make carrot pulp : Peel and slice 3-4 lb. of carrots ; (I have used the baby carrots and don't have to peel or slice ) put carrots in a kettle with enough water to just be level with the carrots ; Add 2 Teas. baking soda ; it prevents too much foaming when cooking.
• 2. Boil carrots until tender ; Drain.
• 3. Run carrots through a food sieve (cone) to make the pulp. This will remove any bad pulp you don't want ; like missed peel and the stringy texture in the carrots.
• 4. Mix up all the above ingredients in a large bowl.
• 5. Pour into a prepared raw pie crust.
• 6. Bake on center rack in a pre-heated oven @ 350 deg. for 45-60 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean when inserted in the center . Cooking time varies depending on your oven. Let pie completely cool before serving.
• 7. Note: I double this recipe and get 3 pies when using 9" deep dish frozen pie crusts. I cooked up 15 pounds of baby carrots and got 12 pies out of all the pulp.

HONEY CARROT PIE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cook carrots in the boiling water until very tender, about 15 minutes. Drain and transfer to a blender. Cover and hold lid down; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend. Puree in batches until very smooth. Set aside to cool.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Beat eggs in a large bowl. Add carrots, evaporated milk, brown sugar, honey, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and allspice; beat until smooth. Fit pie crust into a 9-inch pie dish and pour carrot mixture into pie crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted into the center of the pie comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes.

CARROT PECAN CRUNCH PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• To Make Topping: In a medium bowl combine brown sugar, melted butter or margarine, and chopped pecans. Mix well and set aside.
• To Make Carrot Custard: Steam carrots until tender. Drain and cool. Place cooled carrots in a blender or food processor and add eggs, condensed milk, pumpkin pie spice, and salt. Blend until smooth. Pour carrot mixture into pie shell. Sprinkle with pecan topping.
• Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

PASTEL (ISRAELI SPICED MEAT PIE)

Steps:

• Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add onions and carrots and sauté until vegetables have softened, but not browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Add beef, cinnamon, salt and pepper, stirring to combine. Cook until beef begins to brown, about 10 to 15 minutes. Let mixture cool completely.
• While beef is cooking, split puff pastry in half if it's in one piece. Roll out each piece with a floured rolling pin to roughly 9 x 11 inches. Line an 8- or 9- x 11-inch baking dish, or a shallow 2-quart gratin dish, with 1 piece of pastry, pulling up the dough to cover the sides of baking dish.
• Whisk 2 eggs and add to cooled beef mixture. Spoon mixture over pastry and top with chopped parsley and dill. Top with remaining piece of pastry, pinching together the sides of both pieces of pastry. Chill in fridge for at least 1 hour (and up to 4 hours) or freeze for 15 minutes.
• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Whisk remaining egg and brush over pastry. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake until golden on top, about 40 minutes. Allow to cool 15 to 20 minutes before cutting. Pastel may appear wet when removed from oven, but pastry will absorb the moisture as it sits.