Pumpkin Pie for Thanksgiving

[uwila]

Does anyone know where I can buy a pumpkin pie? Failing the complete pie, how about a tin of the filling?

I will go anywhere in greater London to get this. Thanksgiving just won't be the same without pumpkin pie

Mmm, don't forget the can of whipped cream to spray on top . Delicious!

I've got a can of crunchy onions to sprinkle on top of the green bean casserole en route as well.

uwila - I saw it in my local waitrose - they stocked it over Halloween with all the halloweeny stuff. If you have a local one, ring them and see if they have it in still.

Uwila, I have made pumpkin puree in a wide range of ways, and the way I've found easiest and most fool-proof is:

• preheat oven to 180
• cut pumpkin up into chunks. Discard seeds and gooey stuff. Don't worry about the skin right now. If you miss some gooey stuff, that's ok.
• put pumkin in the oven, in a covered baking pan. It can be more than one layer thick.
• leave it to cook until very soft. This takes 30 minutes - an hour.
• discard any water in the bottom of the pan.
• Let it cool.
• Peel it
• push it through a sieve with a spatula.

You can roast it in an open baking pan, but then it's very easy to burn or dry out.

I think you can skip the sieve bit, if you're very careful with the skin, and make sure you get all the gooey stuff - you could just puree it instead, I think.

Sunchowder, I think I'm going to venture to try your recipe. Wish me luck!

I found Libby's canned pumpkin at Waitrose. So, I'm going to use that. So, when you said 1 1/2 cups pumpkin, did you mean 1 1/2 cups canned or fresh puree or is it the same either way?

Thanks!