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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  North American >> Canadian >> Canadian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. CRUST: | 2. Preheat oven to 350°F. | 3. Combine ginger snap crumbs and melted butter in a bowl. Stir to Blend. Press into the bottom and up the sides of a deep dish 9-in (23cm) pie plate. Bake in the centre of the oven for 15 minutes, or until crisp and golden around the sides. Move to a rack to cool. | 4. FILLING: | 5. Sprinkle gelatin over brandy in a small bowl. Let stand until softened. | 6. Scrape brandy mixture into a saucepan along with sugar, spices, pumpkin, milk, egg YOLKS, and orange zest. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture "mounds when dropped from a spoon". | 7. Transfer filling to a metal bowl and set in a larger bowl of ice and cold water. Cool, stirring Constantly. | 8. Beat egg whites and sugar until stiff peaks form. Fold into pumpkin mixture with sour cream until no streaks remain. | 9. Spoon filling into cooled crust and chill until set, preferably overnight. (You can cook from this point and skip the meringue if you don't like it. Bake at 350F for 10 minutes or until the filling looks cooked. Refrigerate until served). | 10. MERINGUE: | 11. Preheat oven to 350°F. | 12. Whip egg whites and cream of tartar with an electric mixer at medium speed until foamy. | 13. Continue whipping at medium-high speed, gradually adding sugar until fully incorporated. Continue to whip until whites hold a stiff peak. | 14. Dollop over chilled pie. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes or until meringue is golden. | 15. Refrigerate until ready to serve. | 16. Sprinkle with ground ginger snaps if you wish. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
ginger snap	2 1/2	cups	Crushed	-	-	-	-
butter	1/3	cup	Melted	456.0	20.951999999999998	14.248	38.4
gelatin	1	package	unflavored	323.85	76.925	6.63	0.0
brandy	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
brown sugar	3/4	cup		627.0	161.8485	0.198	0.0
cinnamon	1	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
ginger	1/2	teaspoon	ground	0.8	0.1777	0.0182	0.0075
clove	1/4	teaspoon	ground	1.4385	0.344	0.0313	0.0682
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
pumpkin	14	ounces	canned	59.5339	13.0181	4.088	0.2778
milk	1/2	cup		74.42	5.8316	3.843	3.9894
egg	3		Separated	214.5	1.08	18.84	14.265
orange zest	1	teaspoon		1.94	0.5	0.03	0.004
sugar	1/3	cup	granulated	106.6	20.0027	3.3367	1.6640000000000001
cream	1/2	cup	sour	227.7	5.3245	2.806	22.2525
egg white	6			102.96	1.4454	21.581999999999997	0.3366
cream tartar	1/2	teaspoon		3.87	0.9225	0.0	0.0
sugar	1/3	cup	granulated	106.6	20.0027	3.3367	1.6640000000000001
cornstarch	1	tablespoon		30.48	7.3016	0.0208	0.004
gingersnap cookie	1/4	cup	ground	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.