Healthy pumpkin pie
Ok so I’ve made 2 pumpkin recipes in the same week ! I just love it this time of year and I had plenty of roasted pumpkin leftover from my soup.
This is a recipe I’ve been playing around with over the last 6 months to serve in my healthy chef cafe. Lovely, creamy, gluten free – high protein + Low GI and delicious served with a dollop of thick bio yoghurt or coconut sorbet. Pumpkin is rich in antioxidants vitamin A , omega 3 plus iron and fiber. Walnuts are high in omega 3 fats the ultimate “brain food”. Your brain is more than 60% structural fat. For your brain cells to function properly, this structural fat needs to be primarily the omega-3 fats which can be found in walnuts. Honey is an excellent source of energy and high in antioxidants and immune boosting compounds. Almonds are a great source of Vit E and protein needed for healthy skin and a healthy immune system.
Serves 20
pastry
5 cups almond meal
60 g honey
60 ml grape seed oil
2 free range / organic eggs
Filling
2 cups roasted cooled pumpkin
3 organic eggs
1 tsp vanilla
125 g honey
pinch sea salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
1/4 nutmeg
1/2 cup tahini
Firstly make the pastry Combine the almond meal, honey, oil and eggs. Mix well to form a soft dough. Line a 25 cm pie dish with the pastry and set aside to prepare the filling.
To make the filling
Combine pumpkin, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and tahini in your blender or food processor until smooth and creamy. Pour into the almond pastry shell. Bake for 40 – 45 minutes until golden and just set in a moderate 180 C oven. Cool and serve with a dollop of natural bio yoghurt and a sprinkle of pumpkin seeds and roasted walnuts. serves 20
Protein: 8.7 g
Carbs: 10.3 g
Fat: 21 g
1130 kj / 270 calories
Looks like lovely recipe, do you have another pastry recipe that you could suggest? 5 cups of almond meal will break our household budget!
It’s a large pie…half the recipe Jayne and it should be sweet.
Does the cooking time or temperature need to be altered if halving the ingredients? Looking forward to making this pie!!
Yes good question Jodie ! I would cook the pie for 30 minutes if halving the ingredients. It should set nicely and make sure to preheat oven first for 10 – 15 minutes first before putting in the pie. T
Hi Teresa,
Sounds fantastic. Is it safe to freeze / how long will it keep for? Can I use olive oil instead of the grape seed oil?
Cheers,
Bec
Don’t freeze Bec. it will keep for about 3 days in the fridge.
You can blend up any nuts and use them as the base – i found a pumpkin cheesecake recipe that used part walnutsand part almonds blended up with dates instead of honey for stickiness for the base. I haven’t tried it yet though….
Yes you can use any nut – almonds, cashew, macadamia and walnut work really well…and blending them with dates instead of honey is great
just use fresh dates not dry.
Teresa can you make almond meal in a Vita-Mix or does it blend almonds straight into butter?
Yes you can make almond meal using a VitaMix. Use the Dry jug…then process on a lower speed to get the consistency you need.
Hi Teresa
Just love all these wonderful recipes – well done
Look forward to the next one! Thank you
Ronnie
Love the crust and the pumpkin in it is really a lovely add. Healthy and delicious.
This was really yummy, I made it for a friend who has celiacs – she loved it. The crust was the best bit, I’m going to use the recipe for my favourite jonathan apple pie!!
Hi Teresa
This pie is absolutely delicious! Thank you so much, I cant get enough of your yummy recipes! Quick question, is the Pumpkin Pie a sweet or savoury dish? Or either??
Hi Kristy, the pie is meant to be a sweet dish…but you could also do one without the honey. Just increase with 1 extra egg for the pastry base…and omit the honey from the filling.
Hi Teresa,
Is this recipe designed for individual pies?
I’ll be using a 25 diameter pie dish. I think the 5 cups of almond meal will be way too much, although the filling recipe might be about right.
Your thoughts?
Regards
Sandra
Make one large beautiful pie. 25 cm pie dish is perfect.
Makes one large beautiful pie. 25 cm pie dish is perfect.
You can get almond meal from indian grocers, heaps cheaper that other stores. I used to avoid recipes that needed almond meal because it was so $$$ until I happened to be shopping one day with an indian friend ans was complaining about the cost. Hope that helps
Made this pie yesterday & loved it!! Can sweet potatoe be used instead of pumpkin?
Is it possible to make this into individual pies like the picture? Just use a muffin tin? I want to make it for my Canadian Thanksgiving dinner!
You can for sure Anna ! make sure to line the muffin tins using baking paper all the way around and base for easy removal of the pies. Hope you enjoy them