Bourbon Pumpkin Tart With Pecan Streusel Recipes

BOURBON PUMPKIN TART WITH WALNUT STREUSEL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Combine flour, sugar, orange zest and salt. Cut in butter until crumbly. Add egg. Gradually add cream, tossing with a fork until a ball forms. Refrigerate, covered, until easy to handle, at least 30 minutes. , On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough into a 13-in. circle. Press onto bottom and up sides of an ungreased 11-in. fluted tart pan with removable bottom. , Combine all filling ingredients; pour into crust. For topping, whisk flour, sugar, brown sugar, salt and cinnamon. Cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in walnuts and ginger. Sprinkle over filling. , Bake until a knife inserted in center comes out clean, 45-55 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Refrigerate leftovers.

STREUSEL PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a bowl, combine flour, pecans and salt; cut in the shortening until crumbly. Gradually add water, tossing with a fork until a ball forms. Divide dough in half. On a lightly floured surface, roll one half of dough to a 1/8-in. thick circle; transfer to 9-in. pie plates; place crust in pie plates. Flute edge and set aside. , Combine pie mix, milk and egg; pour into crusts. For topping, combine brown sugar, flour, pecans and cinnamon in a small bowl; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over filling. Cover edges of pastry loosely with foil. , Bake until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, 40-45 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 2 hours. Refrigerate until serving. If desired, serve with whipped cream.

MICHELE ALBANO'S MAPLE PUMPKIN PIE WITH PECAN STREUSEL

Steps:

• To make the crust, combine the flour and salt in a medium bowl and mix well. Break up the shortening and toss it with the flour mixture to coat. Using a pastry blender or your fingertips, mix the ingredients together until the dough forms coarse crumbs. Add 3 to 4 tablespoons ice-cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the dough easily forms a ball that can hold itself together. Cover in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes and as long as overnight.
• While the dough is resting, make the streusel: Toss the pecans with the brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Add the butter, and using a pastry blender or your fingertips, work in until you have small clumps. Set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Sprinkle flour generously over a hard surface and roll the dough out with a rolling pin until it forms an 11-inch round. Fold the round in half, place it in a 9-inch pie plate, and then unfold the dough to completely cover the pie plate with a bit of an overhang. Tuck the overhang under to make a double-thick rim, and then use your fingers to crimp the edges of the pie shell. Brush the heavy cream over the crimped edges, and refrigerate until the filling is complete.
• To make the filling, mix the pumpkin, flour, brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt together with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth, scraping the sides of the bowl well. Add the heavy cream and maple syrup, scraping the bowl several times while mixing. Mix in the beaten eggs.
• Pour the filling mixture into the pie shell, and bake for 15 minutes. Then lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees F and bake until the filling is almost firm, about 30 minutes. Remove the pie from the oven and sprinkle the pecan streusel over the top, covering the pie completely. Return the pie to the oven and bake until the filling is just a bit wobbly in the middle and the pecan streusel is golden, 10 to 15 minutes. The total baking time should be 55 to 60 minutes.
• Cool the pie on a wire rack. The pie is best served at either at room temperature or cold. Before serving, garnish the pie with the Maple Whipped Cream.
• Place the metal bowl of an electric mixer in the freezer to chill for at least 15 minutes.
• Combine the cream, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla in the chilled bowl, and beat on high speed until the mixture thickens. Add the maple syrup and beat on high speed until the cream holds firm peaks.

BOURBON PUMPKIN TART WITH WALNUT STREUSEL

Steps:

• Make the tart crust: Using a mixer with a paddle attachment, mix the flour, sugar, orange zest and salt in a large bowl on low speed for about 30 seconds.
• Add the butter and combine on low speed until the mixture looks crumbly, with pieces of butter about the size of dried peas, about 3 minutes. Add the egg and cream, mixing on low speed, until the dough is just combined.
• If the dough is too dry to come together, add more cream a tablespoon at a time.
• Gently mold the dough into a 1-inch-thick disk and wrap in plastic wrap.
• Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or for up to a week; the dough can also be frozen for up to a month.
• Make the filling:.
• Spoon the pumpkin into a large bowl.
• Whisk in the eggs, one at a time, until thoroughly incorporated. Add both sugars, the flour, spices and salt. Whisk about 30 seconds. Whisk in the cream and bourbon. Set aside.
• Make the topping:.
• Combine the flour, sugar, cinnamon and salt in a food processor fitted with a metal blade. Pulse briefly to mix.
• Add the butter and pulse until the butter has blended into the dry ingredients and the mixture is crumbly. Remove the blade and stir in the walnuts and crystallized ginger.
• Assemble the tart:.
• Position the oven rack in the center of the oven and heat to 350 degrees F.
• Take the tart dough from the refrigerator and let it warm up until pliable, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Unwrap the dough and set it on a lightly floured work surface. With as few passes of the rolling pin as possible, roll the disk into a 13-inch round, about 3/16-inch thick. Drape the round into a 10-inch fluted tart pan with a removable bottom, gently fitting it into the contours of the pan. Fold the excess dough into the sides of the pan and press to create an edge that's flush with the top of the pan and about 1/2-inch thick.
• Pour the pumpkin mixture into the unbaked tart crust.
• Scatter the streusel mixture evenly over the unbaked pumpkin filling.
• Bake until the topping is evenly cooked and no longer looks wet in the center, 50-65 minutes.
• Let the tart cool on a rack for at least 2 hours before serving, or, after it cools, wrap in plastic and refrigerate overnight; before serving, let it sit at room temperature for 1 to 2 hours.
• Serve warm, at room temperature, or slightly chilled, with lightly sweetened whipped cream if you like.

BOURBON PUMPKIN PIE WITH PECAN STRUESEL

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°. In a medium bowl, combine 4 tablespoons of the butter and 1/4 cup of the brown sugar with the flour and pinch into moist crumbs. Stir in the pecans.
• In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the remaining stick of butter and 3/4 cup of brown sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Beat in the pumpkin puree, egg yolks, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt, then beat in the milk and bourbon.
• In a stainless steel bowl, using clean beaters, beat the egg whites until stiff but not dry, then fold into the pumpkin mixture until no white streaks remain.
• Pour the custard into the baked pie crust (pre-bake according to package directions). Sprinkle the pecan streusel on top. Bake the pie in the middle of the oven for 1 hour, or until risen and golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with only a few moist crumbs attached. Let cool and serve.
• The pie can be refrigerated overnight. Serve with sweetened whipped cream.