PUMPKIN MOUSSE PIE
Ginger Crust (see recipe below)
Filling:
10 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 16-oz. can pumpkin (or 2 cups home-baked pumpkin puree)*
2 tablespoons milk, whole or skim, half-and-half, or light cream
1 tablespoon rum
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon finely shredded orange peel
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
Garnish:
1/2 cup whipping cream
2 tablespoons sugar
2 to 3 teaspoons rum
Orange peel curls (optional)
*If you want to bake your own pumpkin for thisfilling see a method detailed with Bette MacDonald’srecipe for pumpkin pie.
GINGER CRUST:
Preheat oven to 375° F.
In a medium mixing bowl combine 1 1/2 cups graham crackercrumbs, 6 tablespoons melted unsalted butter, 1/3 cup sugar, 1/2 teaspoon groundginger; toss gently to mix. Spreadmixture evenly in a 10-inch pie plate. Pressonto bottom and up sides to form a firm, even crust. Bake in a 375 degree oven for 4 to 5 minutes or till edge is light brown.
Cool on a wire rack before filling.
TO MAKE FILLING:
In a largemixing bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar, and brown sugar; beat with an electricmixer on medium to high speed till fluffy. Add eggs all at once; beat on low speed just till combined. Do not overbeat. Gently stirin pumpkin, milk or cream, rum, cinnamon, vanilla, ginger, allspice, orangepeel, and lemon juice.
Place pie platewith Ginger Crust on a baking sheet on the oven rack. Slowly pour pumpkin mixture into Ginger Crust. Cover the edge with foil. Bakein a 375° F. oven for 25 minutes. Removefoil. Bake for 25 to 30 minutesmore or till a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. (The center will be slightly soft when tested and will firm as it cools.) Cool pie completely on a wire rack. Cover and chill to store.
FOR GARNISH:
Before serving, in a chilled medium mixing bowl combinewhipping cream, the 2 tablespoons sugar, and the 2 to 3 teaspoons rum. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed till soft peaks form. Do not overbeat. Cut pieinto wedges. Top each serving witha dollop of whipped cream; garnish with an orange peel curl, if desired.
Serves 8.
This recipe has been kitchen tested (adapted from an article in B, H&G, Nov. 91).
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