Squash Pie
I love pumpkin pie - I ADORE it!
I would eat it every day of the year if I could, and it takes great resistance to only stop by Starbucks on a weekly basis to get one of the pumpkin lattes.
The big, bright orange pumpkins we use for jack-o-lanterns aren't good for pies, though. I discovered this as a kid when I tried to boil one down to make pulp. It was strong tasting, not subtle, almost metallic.
The reason, I learned later in life when I worked for MS, was that I should have used a SUGAR PUMPKIN!
The next best thing -even better than a sugar pumpkin - is a butternut squash. I love me my squash.
Yesterday we made some pies - simplest thing in the world to make - and even though I'm good at making pie crusts I prefer to use the Pillsbury rolled type. They're so easy and taste so good. I hate to have the kitchen dirty in several different ways, THAT'S where my laziness resides, so I just use the pie crusts.
Click on the words Squash Pie above for a nice recipe - similar to my own - for a delicious squash pie!
7 Comments:
Pumpkin pie is my absolute favorite dessert! This squash pie recipe looks interesting... I am going to try it sometime. I also love sweet potato pie, it is almost as good as pumpkin. Mmmmm!
Butternut Squash pie! Goes with my South African Butternut Squash Soup! YUM! Somewhere I have a recipe for ravioli with butternut squash sauce. Geez....I gotta get to the store!!
We are Pumpkin Pie fans, too, and I always use either sweet potatoes or yams, whichever is readily available. Just micro til soft and mash and add to the other ingredients. Couldn't be easier.
Happy Holidays!
By the time you add all the good stuff to make a pie, it really could be almost any kind of winter squash. We have grown sugar pumpkins in the past; I think it was a variety called Spooky. They were excellent for carving (as long as you wanted a wee jack-o-lantern), pie and eating as winter squash.
Yum! - thank you. Enjoyed the slide show as well!
Thanks for the recipe!
Pumpkin latte? You're kidding, right???
India, from the good ol' UK
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