French Pumpkin Pie Recipes

HOMEMADE FRESH PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Prepare pie crust by mixing together the flour and salt. Cut shortening into flour; add cold water 1 tablespoon at a time (you may need only 3 tablespoons, or up to 4 tablespoons). Mix dough and repeat until dough is moist enough to hold together.
• With lightly floured, hands shape dough into a ball. On a lightly floured board roll dough out to about 1/8 inch thickness. With a sharp knife, cut dough 1 1/2 inch larger than the upside-down 8- to 9-inch pie pan. Gently roll the dough around the rolling pin and transfer it right-side up onto the pie pan. Unroll, easing dough into the bottom of the pie pan.
• In a large bowl, beat pumpkin with evaporated milk, eggs, brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and salt with an electric mixer or immersion blender. Mix well. Pour into a prepared crust. Bake 40 minutes or until when a knife is inserted 1 inch from the edge comes out clean.

FRENCH PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt your butter.
• Once melted, add pumpkin and apples, and allow them to cook, stirring occasionally, for approximately 8-10 minutes.
• Reduce heat to low, add sugar and vanilla beans, and scrape browned bits from bottom of skillet with a wooden spoon.
• Cover your skillet, and cook until pumpkin and apples are very soft and jammy but still holding their shape, about 30 minutes.
• Set aside to cool.
• When cool, discard vanilla beans and stir in pecans.
• Next, you will want to preheat your oven to 350°F.
• Roll out 1 sheet of puff pastry into a square on a lightly floured surface.
• Using an 11'' tart ring as a guide, cut out a circle and set aside.
• Roll out the remaining sheet of pastry into a square and then ease pastry into the tart ring, and set on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Trim edges to overhang by 1/4''.
• Then fill your pastry with pumpkin mixture, lay reserved pastry circle over filling and tuck edge of top pastry between filling and bottom pastry, and brush surface with egg. Fold overhanging bottom pastry back over top pastry. ].
• Bake until deep golden, 35-40 minutes. Allow to cool slightly before serving.
• Make this the day you plan to serve it.

PUMPKIN PIE FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Butter an 8-inch square or 2-quart shallow baking dish; set aside. Toast bread on a baking sheet in oven, turning occasionally, until lightly browned, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from oven.
• In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, half-and-half, pumpkin puree, brown sugar, pie spice, vanilla, and salt. Add toasted bread; cover with plastic wrap, pressing it directly onto surface. Place a plate small enough to fit inside bowl on top of plastic; weight with a large canned good. Let soak until bread is saturated, about 25 minutes.
• Transfer mixture to prepared dish, spreading evenly. Bake on a baking sheet until firm and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 60 to 70 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature, dusted with confectioners' sugar and topped with whipped cream, if desired.

PUMPKIN PIE FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Heat a lightly oiled skillet over medium heat.
• Whisk eggs, half and half, pumpkin, cinnamon, vanilla extract, pumpkin pie spice, and walnuts together in a bowl. Soak one slice of bread at a time in the pumpkin mixture, then place in the prepared skilled. Repeat with the remaining slices of bread. Stir the pumpkin mixture between dips to keep the walnuts from settling. Cook the bread until golden brown, about 3 minutes on each side.