Ingredients
Crust:
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cake flour
- 1 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon fine salt
- 1/4 cup cold unsalted butter (1/2 stick), diced
- 1 large egg white
- 1/4 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons ice water, plus more as needed
- Vegetable cooking spray
Filling:
- 1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin puree
- 1 (12-ounce) can evaporated skim milk
- 3/4 cup dark brown sugar
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/4 teaspoon finely grated orange zest
- 2 tablespoons dark rum
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon fine salt
- Serving suggestion: Wedges of apples, oranges, and pears, and a few cranberries
Directions
To make the crust: In a food processor, pulse the flours, sugar, baking powder, and salt until combined. Add the butter and pulse the mixture until it resembles cornmeal mixed with pea-sized bits of butter, about 10 times. Add the egg white, vinegar, and water, and pulse 1 or 2 times; don't let the dough form into a ball in the machine. (If the dough is very dry add a couple of teaspoons of cold water.) Remove the bowl from the machine, remove the blade, and bring the dough together by hand. Form the dough into a disk, wrap it in plastic wrap, and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
Lightly spray a 9-inch pie pan with oil. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough into a thin disk, about 13 inches in diameter. Transfer the dough to the prepared pie pan and trim the edges, leaving about one inch hanging over the edge. Tuck the overhanging dough underneath itself to form an edge even with the rim. Flute the edge as desired. Freeze the crust for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line the crust with foil and fill with pie weights. Bake on the center rack until firm and just cooked, about 20 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Lift the foil to remove the beans, return to the oven, and bake until golden, about 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, make the filling. In a large bowl, whisk the pumpkin, evaporated milk, brown sugar, eggs, orange zest, and rum. In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and salt. Sift the dry ingredients over the pumpkin mixture and whisk until thoroughly blended.
Pour the filling into the prepared crust and bake until the filling is just set but not cracked, about 1 hour. Cool on a rack, serve warm or at room temperature.
Slim down tips
- Spray the pie tin with vegetable cooking spray to assure easy serving
- Top with 2 tablespoons of fat free frozen vanilla yogurt for an additional 23 calories
- This is a large serving (for comparison sake) - cut pie into 10 or 12 pieces instead of 8
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Per Serving: Calories: 265; Total Fat: 7 grams; Saturated Fat: 4 grams; Protein: 8 grams; Total carbohydrates: 41 grams; Sugar: 23 grams; Fiber: 2 grams; Cholesterol: 70 milligrams; Sodium: 242 milligrams
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By miz chiz
on November 22, 2012
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Delicious!!! My first attempt at making a pie with fresh pumpkin (I steamed chunks then mashed them and used 15oz of puree The crust was very dry in my (old food processor so I added water - I rolled it out in between two sheets of wax paper which helped hold it together - but it tasted fine. I did not pre-cook the crust after reading other reviews. Thanks for a low cal option!
By fatmom
alexandria, va
on November 23, 2010
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Very good.Excellent texture.Orange zest and rum are a nice addition and this pie does not tasted "slimmed" at all. Oh, and I had brown sugar issues and had to use that brown sugar/splenda blend and it still worked out perfectly. The fine flavors masked that splenda aftertaste...so mine was even more slimmed I guess.
I made a gingersnap pecan crust since my kitchen is too small to roll out a pie dough. The amount was perftect for an 11" pie pan. Mine took 1 hour and 20 minutes but for the first 20 minutes I had it on 400 because I had started reading the crust recipe by mistake. Duh. Will definitely make it again.
By yummie16
on November 18, 2010
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I haven't tried this yet but am looking for a light recipe. Can you please provide the dietary breakdown on this recipe? Thank You.
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