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Title: Mabel Kirk's Butternut Squash Pie
Categories: Pie Dessert Squash
Yield: 1 Servings
| CRUST | ||
| 2 2/3 | c | All-purpose flour (Money |
| Uses half unbleached, half | ||
| Bleached) | ||
| 1 | ts | Salt |
| 1 | c | Shortening (lard, butter or |
| Vegetable shortening; Money | ||
| Uses 1/2c | ||
| Crisco and 1/2 c Butter | ||
| Flavor Crisco shortening) | ||
| 7 | 8 Tb ice water | |
| FILLING | ||
| 2 | c | Butternut squash (one-inch |
| Cubes, cooked and drained) | ||
| 1 | c | Evaporated milk |
| 3 | Eggs, lightly beaten | |
| 1/2 | c | Brown sugar |
| 1/2 | c | Granulated sugar |
| 2 | tb | All-purpose flour |
| 1/2 | ts | Lemon extract |
| 1/2 | ts | Cinnamon |
| 1/8 | ts | Salt |
| 1/4 | ts | Nutmeg |
| 1/4 | ts | Ground cloves |
| 1 | ts | Melted butter |
Heat oven to 400.
For crust, combine flour and salt in med bowl. Cut in shortening with pastry blender or two knifes until flour forms pea-sized chunks. Sprinkle 1 Tb ice water over one small section of flour mixture and mix lightly with a fork. Repeat, rotating bowl, one section at a time.
Form 2/3s of dough into lg ball, then press down to form a 5-6" diameter "pancake" (remainder of dough can be rolled out into a rectangle, sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar, rolled and cut into little pinwheels, brushed with butter and a sugar-water glaze and baked separately). Sprinkle flour on rolling (preferably taped-down pastry cloth) and, with flour-dusted rolling pin, roll dough into circle until dough is about 1/4 of an inch thick. Trim one inch larger than inverted 10" Pyrex pie plate. Carefully roll pastry onto rolling pin, then untoll it onto right-side-up pie plate. Press into pie plate. Fold edge under. Flute 1/2" high edge. Cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate.
Combine all ingredients in mixing bowl and mix at med speed for 5 min. Pour into chilled pastry shell. Cover edge of pie with long strip of aluminum foil to prevent ovebrowning. Bake 10 min at 400F. Reduce heat to 375F and bake for 25 min. Remove foil. Bake 10-15 min more, or until knife inserted in center comes out clean and crust is golden brown.
From "The Washington Post Magazine" 11/10/91.
From: Danial Mannen Date: 04-22-96 (15:19) Occ Bbs (33) Cooking
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