Prep Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 5 minutes
Servings 8
Ingredients
For the Rich shortcrust pastry dough(or Pate sablee in the French language)
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ¾ cup(1 ½ sticks) butter at room temperature, cut small
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- 1 egg
- Pinch of salt
For the filling
- 1 can (15 oz) pure pumpkin
- 1 can (14 oz) fat free sweetened condensed milk
- 2 eggs
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tbsp pumpkin spice
Topping – Vanilla Chantilly cream
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp powdered sugar
Instructions
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In a large bowl put flour, butter and salt.
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With the tips of fingers, mix the ingredients until the butter is well incorporated and the mixture has a sand texture.
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Make a well in the middle of the flour mixture and add in sugar and the egg.
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With your fingers, mix the egg and the sugar first then mix everything together until obtain a very soft sticky dough.
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Scrape the dough into plastic wrap.
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Cover the dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
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Flour a working board, a rolling pin and your hands.
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Flatten the dough with a rolling pin until about ¼ inch thick.
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Roll the disk around the rolling pin and transfer it to a 9 inch baking pan.
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Gently press the dough in the pan, bottom and sides. Cut out the excess dough.
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Use a fork to dock the dough so that the crust won’t puff up.
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Place the pan in the fridge.
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Prepare the pie filling by mixing all the filling ingredients.
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Take out the pan from the fridge and pour the filling into the pie crust.
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Bake in a 425 °F preheated oven for 15 minutes, then reduce the temperature to 350 °F and continue baking for 30 to 35 minutes or until knife inserted in an inch and half from the edge, comes out clean.
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While the pie is baking, prepare the Vanilla Chantilly cream by whipping (using an electric mixer) the heavy cream and vanilla extract, then gradually add the powdered sugar. Whip for about 5 minutes or less, just until stiff peaks form. Cover and refrigerate.
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Let the pie cool completely and garnish with vanilla Chantilly cream as desired.