Chai Spice Pumpkin Pie

• Equipment
• Food processor
• Whisk
• Cheesecloth
• Mixing bowls
• 9 in pie dish (preferably glass)
• Mortar and pestle
• Cookie sheet
• Rolling pin
• Crust
• 2 tablespoons of cold shortening
• 1 1/2 cups of flour
• 3/4 of a stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter cut
• into pieces
• 3-4 tablespoons of ice water
• 1/4 of a teaspoon of salt
• Filling
• 1 medium sugar pumpkin
• 1/2 a cup of sugar
• 1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 of a cup of sour cream
• 1/2 of a Chai tea bag (any variety)
• 1/4 of a teaspoon each of cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice,
• ginger and vanilla

1. Crust
2. Blend flour, butter, and shortening together in a
3. food processor
4. Add ice water 1 tablespoon at a time, while pulsing
5. until mixture balls and is no longer sticky to the
6. touch
7. Roll out and place in a 9 in pie dish. Prick with a
8. fork and bake in the oven at 375 for 12 minutes
9. Remove crust and allow to cool
10. Filling
11. Cut pumpkin in half, bake on a cookie sheet for 90
12. min at 375 degrees
13. Scoop out meat and blend in food processor until it
14. reaches a smooth consistency
15. Allow pumpkin puree to drain on cheesecloth for about
16. 1 hour to remove excess water
17. Crush tea with a mortar and pestle until there are no
18. large fragments remaining
19. Whisk together remaining ingredients with the drained
20. pumpkin
21. Pour into crust and bake at 400 degrees for 55
22. minutes, or until top is lightly browned and a knife
23. comes out of the center cleanly
24. Cool pie and enjoy with fresh whipped cream blended
25. with a pinch of the remaining Chai Tea

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/chai-spice-pumpkin-pie-1202366 (may not work)