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Butternut Squash and Molasses Pie Recipe

Butternut Squash and Molasses Pie

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By
Andrew Chase
Richer and more flavourful than regular pumpkin pie, this pie serves up a real taste of autumn. You can also use ambercup, hubbard or turban squash.

Ingredients

1 butternut squash (about 2-1/2 lb/1.25 kg)
Single-Crust Pie Pastry:
2 eggs
1-1/4 cups  (300 mL)  10% cream or evaporated milk
2/3 cups  (150 mL)  granulated sugar
1/3 cup  (75 mL)  fancy molasses
1 tsp  (5 mL)  ground ginger
1/4 tsp  (1 mL)  cinnamon
1/4 tsp  (1 mL)  nutmeg
1/4 tsp  (1 mL)  salt
Generous pinch ground cloves or allspice
Pinch white pepper

Preparation

Halve squash lengthwise; scoop out and discard seeds. Place, cut side down, on foil-lined baking sheet; prick rind with fork. Bake in 425F/220C oven until completely tender, about 45 minutes; let cool. Scoop flesh from rind; purée in food processor or mash well.

On lightly floured surface, roll out dough into circle scant 1/4 inch/5 mm thick; line 9-inch/23 cm pie plate, then trim and flute edge.

In large bowl, whisk eggs with cream; whisk in sugar, molasses, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, cloves and pepper. Whisk in purée; scrape into pie shell.

Bake in bottom third of 375F/190C oven until lightly set in centre, 50 to 55 minutes. Let cool completely on rack before serving, about 3 hours.

Makes 8 to 12 servings.

Cooking Time
50 Minutes
Serving(s)
8 to 12
Nutritional Information
Per each of 12 servings: about
Calories 280
Protein 4 g
Fat (total) 13 g
Sat. Fat 7 g
Carbohydrate 39 g
Fibre 2 g
Cholesterol 60 mg
Sodium 76 mg
Calcium 8 % RDI
Iron 12 % RDI
Vitamin A 96 % RDI
Vitamin C 20 % RDI
Folate 23 % RDI

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Source

Homemakers Magazine: October 2007

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