If you feel like you ’re on yearly autopilot when it comes to yourThanksgiving computer menu , give gratitude for the chance to metamorphose classic fall - garden ingredients in newfangled holiday - inspired ways .
Take pumpkin pie , for model . While there ’s no badpiein our book , traditional pumpkin pie that reaches back to Pilgrim time is n’t our personal favourite . It ’s not quite sweet enough and is a dash too laborious for post - turkey consumption . But we love the tone and raise lots of pumpkin on ourfarmin Wisconsin . After mature elongated New England Pie and Long Piepumpkin varietals(we stack them on our front porch like cordwood ) , we discovered that Proto-Indo European pumpkins glow with flavor , notjack - o’-lanterncandles .
While pumpkin and hair mousse might seem like dancing partners from different dessert planets ( dropping a pumpkin on your toe hurt , but a mousse , by its culinary definition , is light and downlike ) , our recipe for Pumpkin - hair mousse Cheesecake transforms garden bounty , likepumpkins , into a newfangled tradition that ’s so delicious your nestling wo n’t screw they ’re “ eat their vegetables . ”
Recipe : Pumpkin - mousse Cheesecake
Yield:12 servings
Ingredients
Crust
Cream - high mallow layer
Pumpkin layer
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PreparationPreheat oven to 350 arcdegree F.
CrustIn food for thought processor ( or in plastic bag with rolling oarlock ) , crush whole meal flour crackers . This should leave in about 1⅓ cups graham crackers . Mix in sugar , and moisten in melt down butter until skunk clump together . Press into lightly oiled 9 - inch spring - var. pan .
CheesecakeCream - tall mallow bed : In mixing stadium , gravel cream high mallow until fluffy . Beat in eggs , one at a metre , and mix in sugar until well - fuse . Spread emollient - high mallow mixture over crust and bake at 350 degrees F for about 25 to 30 second or until business firm . chill completely .
Pumpkin stratum : In saucepan over medium heat , mix egg yolks with pumpkin purée and cook until thickened . Stir in 1/2 cup sugar , milk , cinnamon , nutmeg tree and salt . turn over heat to the abject possible scope ( or off if using galvanizing stove ) , and let sit down on burner for 5 minute . take from heat and cool wholly .
In large bowl , beat nut whites until starchy . tot up remain 1/4 cup carbohydrate , and perplex until well - blended . close down egg whites into pumpkin motley , and pour over cool down cream - cheese stratum . Bake at 350 degrees F for 15 minutes or until set . Cool completely and chill overnight before serving .
do with dollop of whipped - cream topping .
