We were meeting at a friend of Jan’s place for lunch to be introduced to her new half brother—long story, but the friend has know him for most of her life and Jan first found out about him two months ago. My job was to bring the bread and dessert, I decided on pumpkin pie without the crust.
Karl’s Crust-less Brown Butter Pumpkin Pie
Filed under California Fusion, Desserts & Treats, Pies & Tarts, Vegetarian
It is Tuesday and Eilene’s friends are coming over. Today’s theme is pumpkin. My original thought was to make pumpkin soup, but one of the friends is going to make that. I remembered my mother’s pumpkin bread and Eilene liked that idea.
Karl’s Pumpkin Bread
Filed under bread, Side Dishes, Vegetarian
Before I left home for the first time, I sat down with the recipe box of my mother, Claudia, and wrote down my favorite dishes. This is the original recipe. I, of course, had to make a few changes when I made it.
Claudia’s Pumpkin Bread
Filed under bread, Side Dishes
Adapted from SJ Mercury News – originally from Emily and Melissa Elsen, “The Four & Twenty Blackbirds Pie Book”
Jan usually makes the desserts at our Sunday meals. Sometimes these desserts are within the theme of the meal. Other times they are just whatever strikes her fancy on the day. Either way, she will find a recipe that is close to what she wants and then she will adapt it “on the fly.”
Jan’s Brown Butter Pumpkin Pie
Filed under Desserts & Treats, Pies & Tarts
This is adapted from a King Arthur Flour recipe. I, being by nature unable to follow any recipe, upped the spices and reduced the salt. Americans tend to use way too much salt most of the time.
One problem I ran into in making this treat was that the Trader Joe’s canned Organic Pumpkin I was using was very dry. This is the opposite problem I usually have with using fresh steamed pumpkin, which tends to be very watery, giving you the dilemma of getting rid of the excess fluid. In this case I used whey to make up the moisture. I usually do not have whey lying around my kitchen, but Eilene made fresh butter to go with the meal (see the post below). Milk or cream would work as well, but I was looking for a way to use up the whey.
Karl’s Mini Scones
Filed under bread, Breakfast, Side Dishes, Starches
Adapted from a recipe on the Kitchn.
Jan usually makes the deserts for our Sunday meals. She made this to go with my Shepard’s Pie and it is defiantly a keeper. Her motto is “Never Too Much Ginger!”
Jan’s Five-fold Ginger Pumpkin Pie
Filed under Desserts & Treats, Pies & Tarts
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