yummi Kabocha Squash Pie (Japanese Pumpkin Pie) easy

Kabocha Squash Pie (Japanese Pumpkin Pie)

Time : 75 mins
8 serving(s)

Ingredients

- ¾ cup graham crackers, crushed
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ⅛ cup light soy butter
- 1 tablespoon soy milk
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 ⅓ cups kabocha squash - halved, peeled, seeded and cut into 1 1/2 inch cubes
- ⅔ cup silken tofu
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup white sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg

Instructions

- Step 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Advertisement
- Step 2 Stir the graham cracker crumbs together with the flour in a mixing bowl. Mix in the soy butter until the mixture is crumbly. Make a well in the middle of the flour mixture. Pour in the soy milk, and stir to make a soft dough. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead briefly. Wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for about 20 minutes.
- Step 3 Roll out the dough onto a lightly floured surface to about 1/4 inch thick. Fit the crust into a 7 inch diameter pie plate. Use a fork to poke holes in the bottom.
- Step 4 Bake the crust in the preheated oven until pale gold, about 15 minutes. Cool on a rack.
- Step 5 Pour about 1 inch of water into the bottom of a pan. Place the kabocha into a steamer basket fitted into the pan. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium, cover, and steam the squash until tender and easily pierced with a fork, about 15 minutes. Cool.
- Step 6 Place the kabocha into a blender or bowl of a food processor, and blend until smooth. Stir the tofu, vanilla, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg into the kabocha mixture, and blend until very smooth. Pour into the prepared crust.
- Step 7 Bake in preheated oven until center is set, about 20 minutes. Do not overbake or the filling will crack.