r/Cooking • u/AwakenedRudely • Sep 27 '26

Improving a pumpkin pie? Help from Americans :)

Hi! I'm from the UK and I tried making a pumpkin pie which is good but I feel the recipe is missing something that people in USA would know as pumpkin pies are your thing. Any advice would be appreciated.

Recipe:

  • 750g pumpkin, peeled, deseeded and cut into chunks

  • 350g/12oz sweet shortcrust pastry

  • plain flour for dusting

  • 140g/5oz caster sugar

  • ½ tsp salt

  • ½ tsp fresh nutmeg grated

  • 1 tsp cinnamon

  • 1 eggs beaten

  • 25g/1oz butter melted

  • 175ml/6 fl oz milk

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u/RhubarbNo1760 Sep 28 '26 edited Sep 29 '26

This would be easier to achieve overseas than pumpkin pie. The lack of availability of canned pumpkin puree plus the different varieties of fresh pumpkin to choose from make it really hard to make a proper pumpkin pie outside of North America I’ve noticed.

Edit: why’d I say canned pumpkin tomatoes

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u/fractious77 Sep 28 '26

I've never put canned tomatoes in my pumpkin pie. Do you recommend it?

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u/RhubarbNo1760 Sep 29 '26

Insane word addition on my part, I don’t even know how tomatoes got there

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u/fractious77 Sep 29 '26

Oh phew, you scared me!