True Food Kitchen’s Butternut Squash Pie
September 1, 2021
- A perfect balance of sweet and spice, this pie embodies the flavors of the holidays with its touch of cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice.
True Food Kitchen’s Butternut Squash Pie
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True Food Kitchen’s Butternut Squash Pie Recipe
Squash Pie Filling
Ingredients:
- 4 cups roasted butternut squash (weight is final roasted weight)
- ¼ cup evaporated cane sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp. Kosher salt
- 1 tsp. ground ginger
- ½ tsp ground allspice
- 1 tbsp. ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp. ground nutmeg
- 1 ¾ cup coconut cream
- ⅓ cup cornstarch
- 2 tbsp. brandy
Method:
- Cut squash in half from end to end and remove seeds. Place on parchment paper, cut side down, roast in a 325° oven for 45 to 60 minutes, until squash is tender. Remove skin. This is now the usable product weight.
- Combine all ingredients in a large plastic container.
- With an immersion blender, blend until completely smooth.
- Pour mixture into a pre-set pie shell.
- Bake at 325°F, low fan, for 22 minutes. Rotate the pan and continue to bake for 22 more minutes.
- Bake pie until it reaches 175°F internal temperature. Let cool at room temperature for 1 hour.
Squash Pie Graham Pie Dough
Ingredients:
- ¾ cup gluten-free flour (Bob’s Red Mill)
- ½ cup buckwheat flour
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch Kosher salt
- ½ cup evaporated cane sugar
- 3 tbsp. coconut oil (melted)
- ¼ cup water
- 1 tsp. vanilla bean paste
Method:
- Combine oat flour, buckwheat flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and sugar, mix well.
- Add coconut oil, water and vanilla paste. Mix until dough starts to come together.
- Scrape sides of bowl and continue mixing until dough is smooth and consistent.
- Roll between 2 sheets of parchment paper until it’s slightly bigger than pie mold.
- Dust rolling pin with gluten free flour before using to pick up and transfer to pie mold.
- Lightly brush mold with oil.
- Press dough into pie mold evenly, then dock dough with a fork.
- Chill dough for at least 30 minutes before baking.
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