About the Recipe
My mom's pumpkin pie is a total crowd-pleaser, loved by everyone who tries it. Her cooking is amazing, and I've been enjoying her dishes for as long as I can remember. She always tells the story of how her dad used to call her "Poena" because she didn't like pumpkin (or "pampoen" in Afrikaans) when she was a kid. And guess what? Our twin boys and their cousin Joshua are absolutely crazy about it. Whenever we go over for dinner at my mom's, she knows she has to whip up this pie to make the evening extra special.
Ingredients
250ml flour
250ml sugar
5ml salt
750ml cooked, well-drained pumpkin
60ml butter, melted
250ml cream
3 eggs, lightly beaten
5ml ground cinnamon
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 180℃.
Lightly spray or grease a 25cm ceramic pie dish.
Sif the flour and salt into a mixing bowl.
Add the sugar and pumpkin and give the mixture a stir.
Add the melted butter and cream to a wide mouthed jug and whisk together. Add the eggs and give the mixture another thorough whisk.
Pour the wet ingredients into the pumpkin mixture and mix together really well.
Pour the mixture into the pie dish and bake for 1 hour.
Remove from the oven and immediately sprinkle an even layer of cinnamon over the tart while it is hot.
Serve as side to a braai, or the chicken bobotie.
