The special trick to transform your pumpkin pie

I’d never had pumpkin pie before moving to America but I love it. It’s not that different to a nutmeggy British egg custard tart (one of my faves) really. It is the perfect end to an Autumnal dinner so I’ve written my recipe which includes a special stage that you won’t see in many other recipes.

You can see a picture of my first every pumpkin pie below (well half of it) when I made it in a cabin in Tahoe on our second Thanksgiving in America.

Buy canned pumpkin or make your own?

Canned pumpkin puree is the way to go here, aside from being a faff, I have found that making my own pumpkin puree can be watery. Unfortunately the pumpkins sold to carve aren’t grown for flavour so I would just compost the innards rather than spend time and money on accompanying ingredients to try and make them into something.