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FIVE-SPICE PUMPKIN PIE WITH PHYLLO CRUST

Five-Spice Pumpkin Pie with Phyllo Crust image

Try this deep-dish pumpkin pie when you need to please both traditional and modern palates at the Thanksgiving table. Adding Chinese five-spice powder to the filling may seem unorthodox, but two of its components (cinnamon and clove) can already be found in standard pumpkin-pie spice. The dramatic crust is delightfully easy to create-just brush butter onto sheets of store-bought phyllo and layer them at different angles in the pan. Finish with freshly whipped cream, and you'll have one mighty fine, crowd-pleasing dessert.

Provided by Greg Lofts

Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Pie & Tarts Recipes

Time 1h50m

Yield Serves 10 to 12

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
8 sheets frozen phyllo dough (each approximately 13 by 18 inches), thawed
1 stick unsalted butter, melted
3 large eggs, room temperature
2 1/2 cups pure pumpkin purée (from a 29-ounce can)
12 ounces evaporated milk (1 can)
1/3 cup pure maple syrup
1 teaspoon pure vanilla paste or extract
3 tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
Lightly sweetened whipped cream, for serving (optional)

Steps:

Preheat oven to 400°F. Stir together 1/4 cup sugar and 1/2 teaspoon five-spice powder. Brush 1 sheet of phyllo with butter (as you work, keep remaining phyllo covered with a kitchen towel); sprinkle evenly with 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar mixture.
Starting at one short end, fold in half to enclose butter and sugar mixture; brush top with more butter. Transfer to a 9-inch springform pan, buttered-side-down, gently pressing into bottom and sides.
Repeat with remaining phyllo, butter, and sugar mixture, arranging in overlapping layers to completely and evenly cover bottom and sides of pan.
Bake until crust is crisp and golden, 15 to 18 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack and let cool completely. (The baked cooled crust can be wrapped and stored at room temperature up to 1 day.)
Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk together eggs, pumpkin, milk, syrup, vanilla, flour, salt, and remaining 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 teaspoon five-spice powder until smooth. Pour mixture into crust and bake 20 minutes.
Reduce oven temperature to 350°F and continue baking until custard is just set in center, 40 to 50 minutes more. Transfer pan to wire rack; let cool completely. Remove pie from pan, cut into wedges, and serve with whipped cream.

CHINESE FIVE SPICE

Chinese Five Spice image

I regularly mix up my own spice blends. I have recipes of Indian and Mexican spice blends, too. But my favorite is this Chinese five spice version with its strong anise flavor. It's so convenient to make this mix from pantry staples I have on hand. -Lydia Scott, Englehart, Ontario

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 20m

Yield about 1/2 cup.

Number Of Ingredients 5

Ingredients

2 tablespoons aniseed
2 tablespoons fennel seed
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons whole cloves
2 tablespoons whole peppercorns

Steps:

In a spice grinder or with a mortar and pestle, combine all ingredients (in batches if necessary); grind until mixture becomes a fine powder. Store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 8 calories, Fat 1g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 0 cholesterol, Sodium 2mg sodium, Carbohydrate 2g carbohydrate (0 sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 1g protein.