Gluten, Dairy & Sugar free Pumpkin Pie
2 X gluten, dairy free pastry packs (health food shop)
1 medium Pumpkin
150g Dates
1/3 cup of filtered water or spring water
150g Organic grated carrots
300g Organic Tofu (I used clearsprings)
2 free range eggs
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp mixed spice
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1 stp ground almonds
- Roll out the pastry on a clean surface (I use vinegar to clean the surface rather than have chemicals in my pastry) and using gluten free flour to stop it sticking.
- Place pastry into two round pie trays.
- Cut pumpkin in half and scoop out the seeds and stringy bits.
- Steam both halves of the pumpkin for 20 minutes.
- Scoop out the pumpkin (it should scoop off the skin really easy) and place into a large mixing bowl.
- Add the dates and water to a saucepan and simmer for ten minutes, stirring a lot.
- Clean, peal and grate the carrot and stir into the dates.
- Using a hand held liquidiser puree the dates and carrot and add the mix to the pumpkin.
- Using the hand held liquidiser puree the pumpkin, dates and carrot mix and add the Tofu, eggs and spices and liquidise some more.
- Pour mix into the two pie trays of pastry and pop in a pre heated oven. Bake at 210c for 20 minutes and then reduce heat to 160c and continue cooking for another 50 minutes.