How to Make Pumpkin Pie - CHOW.com Video

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Pastry chef Boris Portnoy gives new life to a Thanksgiving cliché. Generic, canned pumpkin pie mix plus freezer-burned pie crust equals fake smiles on the faces of your friends and families. Real smiles come from choosing your own pumpkin—there are many heirloom varieties to pick from—and then customizing and experimenting as you go, using Portnoys recipe as a guide.

VIEW BORIS' RECIPE HERE: http://www.chow.com/recipes/27926

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TWILIGHT34H5YU8T138T: o ok

zlaad: yuck

DancingFool710: That looked really good!

HumanStrategy: I made something like this and it tasted terrible. Slow cooking it overnight is just a bad idea and a waste of electricity.

ellichan: Don't forget to add the sugar! The only time I tried pumpkin pie, my grandma bought the canned Libby's stuff and she forgot to add the sugar...now I just won't eat pumpkin pie, but at least that's an easy way to get the pumpkin to give you stuff...and the seeds could be used for hamsters :P.

jbraly: I am impressed. Been cooking for fun for over 10 years and NEVER seen how they get that pumpkin flesh out. I AM trying this next year!

unodosntres: ooooooohhhhhhhhh now i see how u actually use a pumpkin

ncfwhitetigress: OMG I'M GONNA DO THIS!!!!

ncfwhitetigress: I chop the pumpkin up and steam the pieces, let them cool, then cut the flesh out. This looks even easier though so Ima try this.

ncfwhitetigress: i use agave nectar and maple syrup

ncfwhitetigress: i question whether you did it right

HumanStrategy: It's good to question things. Of course, there is no better teacher than experience.

SephetKere: There's condensed milk- no need for sugar!

TheWaterlily2012: I've got a pumpkin wrapped in the oven right now, just waiting to take it out and give a fresh pie a go. I never liked the canned pumpkin. Not that I need to eat a big pie, but what the hay, I didn't want to waste my Halloween pumpkins I didn't get around to carving this year, so a pie and some baked pumpkin seeds it is! Figure I better try this out on myself before attempting to spring one on someone else sometime!