Pumpkin Pie for American Thanksgiving

Ingredients

• 150 grams shortcrust pastry
• 450 grams pumpkin flesh, peeled and diced into 1" chunks
• 125 grams light brown muscovado sugar
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 1/2 tsp mixed spice
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 3 eggs
• 150 ml single cream

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 190C
2. Roll out pastry and line a deep 8" flan dish or a flan circle on a baking plate
3. Bring a large pan of water to the boil and add the pumpkin and cook until tender
4. Liquidise the drained pumpkin
5. Put the puree in a bowl and mix in thoroughly the remaining ingredients
6. Pour the mixture into the pastry case and cook for 45 minutes until set though I had to bake mine for 75 minutes on 190C
7. Serve warm with ice cream or fresh cream