Thanksgiving

Mrs Clark’s pumpkin pie recipe.

Room 2 have been learning about Thanksgiving as a type of celebration in Canada and the USA.  We learnt that Thanksgiving is about giving thanks to the Cherokee Indians who helped the pilgrims when they first arrived to New England.  The Indians also gave thanks to the pilgrims for bringing new food and together they celebrated with family during the time of harvest.  The traditional food are turkey and pumpkin pie.  Guess what?!  We got to eat pumpkin pie that Mrs Clark made!  It was yummy although we were a little unsure to think we were eating pumpkin in a dessert!  Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

Several sheets of short crust pastry

1 medium pumpkin peeled  and diced.

120g castor sugar

½ tsp ground mixed spice

½ tsp ground cinnamon

½ tsp of ginger

3 eggs

Cream for serving.

Instructions.

1.       Preheat oven to 180 ͦC

2.       Roll out pastry and cut into circles and place in muffin tray, put baking paper over the top and bake for 8 minutes.

3.       Boil the pumpkin until cooked, drain and puree.

4.       Add pumpkin into bowl with ingredients except the cream.

5.       Spoon mixture onto pastry and cook for 30 minutes.

6.       Serve with whipped cream.