Pumpkin Tofu Pie Or Pumpkin Tofu Custards Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Place the tofu, pumpkin, sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and clove into a blender. Puree until smooth. Pour into the pie crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and continue baking until a knife inserted into the mixture comes out clean, about 40 minutes more. Cool before serving.

Steps:

• For the crust: Put the flour, sugar, vinegar and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a food processor, and pulse to combine. Add the coconut oil in small spoonfuls, and pulse until the largest pieces are pea-sized. Add 4 tablespoons ice water, and pulse until evenly combined. Squeeze a handful of the dough together; it should just hold its shape. If the mixture is too powdery, pulse in an additional 1 to 2 tablespoons ice water. Turn the dough out onto a large piece of plastic wrap, pat into a 1/2-inch-thick disc and chill for at least 1 hour up to overnight.
• To make rolling easier, let the dough soften up a bit-it should be slightly soft when pressed-at room temperature (this may take anywhere from 20 to 40 minutes depending on the temperature of your kitchen). Roll the disc into a 12-inch round on a lightly floured surface or between two pieces of floured parchment paper. If the dough gets too warm, refrigerate it to firm it up. Ease the crust into a 9-inch pie plate. Fold the overhanging dough under itself, and crimp the edge as desired. Chill for 30 minutes.
• Position an oven rack in the center of the oven, and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line the chilled pie crust with a large coffee filter or foil, and fill with pie weights. Bake until the edges are lightly golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove the coffee filter or foil and weights, and continue baking until the crust is lightly golden all over, 15 to 20 minutes more. Transfer to a rack, and let cool completely.
• For the filling: Process the pumpkin puree, tofu, sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a food processor until completely smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
• Pour the filling into the parbaked pie shell, and bake until firm and set, 40 to 45 minutes. Let cool completely on a rack. Chill for at least 2 hours up to overnight. Slice and serve.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400F; Prepare pie crust and bake for 5-7 minutes; Remove from oven and cool; Reduce oven temp to 350°F Combine all other ingredients in a blender or food processor, blend until very smooth.
• Pour into prebaked pie shell; Bake for 1 hour or unti a knife blade inserted in the center comes out almost clean.
• Cool on a rack and serve at room temperature; store unused portions in the refrigerator.
• VARIATION: You can also serve this as a custard; spray 8 custard cups and divide the blended mixture equally; set cups in 9x13 pan in the oven and add hot water to custard line; bake at 325F for 45 minutes or until blade of knife comes out clean.

Steps:

• Pastry Dough: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Lightly oil a 9-inch pie plate.
• Mix the flour, salt and oil thoroughly, using a fork to incorporate the ingredients. Slowly add the rice milk and stir to form a stiff dough. Gather it into a ball and knead for 2 minutes. Roll out thinly between sheets of waxed paper to form a 10-inch circle. Lay it over the prepared pie plate, pressing it down to eliminate any air pockets. Crimp edges. Prick the pastry with a fork and bake for 10 minutes. Allow the crust to completely cool before filling.
• Pecan Surprise: Combine the sweetener and corn oil in a saucepan and cook until foamy. Quickly stir in the pecans. Spread evenly over the bottom of the pie crust and set aside at room temperature.
• Pumpkin Filling: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Combine all of the ingredients in a food processor. Process for about 3 minutes. Pour the filling into the prepared crust and bake for 50 minutes. Garnish the edge of the pie with whole toasted pecans. Let the pie cool and serve. This pie is also delicious served chilled, allowing the pie to rest about 10 minutes after you pull it from the refrigerator before eating insures optimum flavor.
• TOFU WHIPPED CREME:In a food processor or blender, combine all ingredients until smooth. Add water if necessary to achieve a whipped cream consistency. Refrigerate until needed. Yield: about 2 cups

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• Mix all the ingredients together.
• Pour into 9 inch non-stick pan (or into premade crust if desired).
• Bake until set, about 60 minutes (check with fork at 45 minutes -- ).

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F
• Cream the tofu, pumpkin and sugar in a food processor; add salt and spices, and mix thoroughly.
• Pour mixture into pie shell and bake for 15 minutes.
• Lower heat to 350 F and bake for another 40 minutes.
• Chill and serve.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Spray six 6-ounce ramekins with nonstick vegetable spray.
• To make the gingersnap topping: In a small bowl, stir together the gingersnap crumbs and sugar.
• Using a grater, shred the light butter and add it to the gingersnap mixture.
• With a pastry blender or two knives, cut in the light butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Set aside.
• To Make the Custards-------------.
• In a food processor or blender, purée the tofu until smooth.
• Add the pumpkin, brown sugar, rum extract, cinnamon, ginger and cloves.
• Purée until blended.
• Add the egg whites and mix just until blended (do not overmix).
• Divide the pumpkin mixture among the six custard cups.
• Bake for 20 minutes.
• Remove the custard cups from the oven and sprinkle the gingersnap topping over the pumpkin mixture.
• Return to the oven and bake an additional 20 minutes, until the edges of the custard separate from the cups.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425°F. Press the piecrust into an ungreased 8-inch pie pan.
• Place the tofu, pumpkin, sugar, pumpkin pie spice, and salt in a blender and pulse until smooth. (You may have to stop the blender and push down the ingredients a couple of times.) Pour the mixture into the piecrust and bake for 15 minutes. Turn down the oven to 350°F and continue to bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the pie filling is set in the center. Remove from the oven and cool completely before serving.
• food trivia
• Pumpkin pie's primitive cousin, pumpkin pudding, originated with the early American colonists in New England. They sliced off the top of a pumpkin and removed the seeds. They then filled the inside with milk, spices, and honey and baked it in hot ashes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Cream the tofu, pumpkin and sugar in a food processor; add salt and spices, and mix thoroughly.
• Pour mixture into pie shell and bake for 15 minutes.
• Lower heat to 350 F and bake for another 40 minutes.
• Chill and serve.