Utensils Needed for Pumpkin Pie Recipe

Series Summary

Homemade pumpkin pie is one of the most beloved traditional desserts in North America, and is frequently served during Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday dinners. It is made from a pumpkin custard based filling, and seasoned with nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and ginger. Pumpkin pie is usually baked in a single pie shell, and occasionally topped with pie toppers and whipped cream. Just the smell of a pumpkin pie wafting through the house is sure to bring up fond memories of family gatherings and delicious creamy flavors—piled on after an extensive five course dinner meal, of course.

In this free dessert recipes cooking class, learn how to make a traditional pumpkin pie recipe with an added streusel topping. Our expert will walk you through the recipe, with instructions on what ingredients and utensils to use, how to make the pie mix, how to strain the pie mix for a smoother, creamier consistency, how to whip and fold in the eggs, how to bake the pie in the oven, how to make the streusel topping, and how to cool the pie.

These videos are a must have for this holiday season. Trust us, your guests’ faces will light up when they see you bring a freshly baked pumpkin pie to the table, no matter how much food they’ve already eaten.

Video Transcript

"Hi everybody, my name is Jay, and I'm talking on behalf of Expert Village. In this clip I'm going to show you how to make pumpkin pie, and we're going to show you the tools to make pumpkin pie. This is going to be a real simple thing here; I'm going to show you. First and foremost, what you're going to need, you're definitely going to need a strainer. This is to strain the puree that you're going to make, essentially a custard, and you're going to strain it through here to make it a lot smoother in consistency, and that way you get a nice clean cut every single time you cut into the pie. Next thing you're going to need is a micro plain grinder, as I have this. This is going to be good for grinding down the nutmeg, the fresh nutmeg, which I have. Also you're going to need a whisk, you can have two whisks. I'm just going to use one. I'm going to use it, then wash it off, and reuse it again. It's always nice to have these handy. Sometimes it's a pain to clean them off, but very very handy. Definitely we're going to need two bowls. One is to mix the main custard, and one is to make kind of like a whipping cream, kind of, that we're going to fold into the actual custard. Also we're going to need a wire rack, as I do here, I have here, and with this we're going to do is we're going to let the pie cool after it's done on the wire rack. Next thing what you're going to need is, hopefully you can get a pie crust, as I have here. This is a pre-made pie crust. You can buy these are your local grocery store, or you can make your own pie crust, whatever it is you like to do. This is a lot easier for me to do and, I've made my own pie crust in the past, and I just choose to do this today. It's a lot easier for you folks at home to do. If you don't have one of these you're going to need a pie tin, of course. You're also going to need a baking sheet, where we can actually place the pie on top and slip it in the oven. And that is all you need to make pumpkin pie. Thank you. "