Ingredients:
small pumpkin, or half of a large one
1 quart of sweet milk,
3 eggs
2 table-spoonsful of corn starch
1 large cup sugar
salt, ginger and nutmeg to taste
1 recipe homeade pie crust
Preparation:
- Take a small pumpkin, or half of a large one, stew long and slowly, then strain it, after peeling, and cutting it in small pieces.
- Mix with this quantity of pulp, one quart of sweet milk, three eggs, and two table-spoonsful of corn starch mixed first smooth with a little of the milk. Salt, sugar, and ginger must be put in to taste. A large cup of sugar is about right; one nutmeg. The ginger is indispensable to a genuine pumpkin pie. If part cream can be used the pie is much richer, as well as more delicate in flavor.
- Bake with an under crustonly.
