Want to find a way to incorporate some veggies during the holidays? I think this vegan pumpkin pie could be the perfect option. Note that this is not a sweet version!
The recipe is fairly simple to make and you don't need to many ingredients.
Pie Crust Ingredients:
1 2/3 all purpose flour
6 ounces/170 gram (vegan) butter - I used Vegan Block
1 tsp salt
1 tsp coconut sugar
1 tbsp nutritional yeast
2/3 spoons ice cold water
Filling:
half of a butternut squash
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp rosemary
1 tsp starch or ground flax seeds
Decoration:
Leftover dough
pumpkin seeds
sunflower seeds
How to prepare:
1. combine all the ingredients for the crust together, it helps to cut the butter into small cubes. and kneed all ingredients together.
2. once all ingredients are well combined, create a ball and pack in foil to let the dough rest in the fridge for 30 minutes.
3. preheat the oven on 180 degrees celcius.
4. make some incisions into the pumpkin half, add olive oil, salt, pepper and massage into the pumpkin. (the pumpkin will cook faster if you cut it into small cubes, when you do it like this; coat the pumpkin in a bit of olive oil and add all the spices mentioned for the filling except the flax meel)
5. add the pumpkin the the oven and bake for around 30 minutes or until soft.
6. take your pie spring, I used one with a diameter of 20 cm, and add some baking paper on the bottom.
7. take your dough and roll it out, to them add the dough to your pie spring. You'll need to press the dough manually into shape until the whole pie spring is covered in an even layer. Safe some of the dough to decorate.
8. blend the baked pumpkin together with the spices if you had not add them yet. and finally mix in the starch or flax meal.
9. transfer the pumpkin puree into the pie spring and decorate with some dough and seeds.
10. bake the pie in the oven for 20/25 minutes
11. let it cool down a bit before enjoying. and keep in mind that the pumpkin filling can be a little runny when hot.
Also good to enjoy cold, just keep it in the fridge for the next day.
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