Recipe: Perfect Pumpkin Pie

Perfect Pumpkin Pie
Ingredients:
Pastry
6 tbsp cold unsalted butter
6 tbsp cold vegetable shortening
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp fine salt
4 to 5 tbsp ice water
Pumpkin Pie
2 cups canned pumpkin
3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
3 tbsp fancy molasses
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp fine salt
3 large eggs
1 1/3 cups whipping cream
3 tbsp brandy or orange liqueur
Spiced Whipped Cream
1 cup whipping cream
2 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp cinnamon
pinch nutmeg
Directions:
Pastry
1. Freeze butter and shortening for 30 minutes. Combine flour,
sugar and salt in a large bowl.
2. Using a box grater, grate the butter and shortening into flour.
Toss this mixture with your fingers to coat the fats, breaking up
lumps with your fingers as you go. The dough should be a rough,
crumbly texture and take on a slight yellow tone. Add 3 Tbsp of
the water and mix with a spatula or wooden spoon to bring dough
together, adding a little more water if needed. Shape dough into a
disc and chill for an hour before rolling.
3. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to just under ?-inch
thick. Dust the bottom of a 9-inch pie shell with flour and line with
dough. Trim edges, keeping scraps to roll and cut for garnish, if
desired. Chill while preparing filling.
Filling
Preheat oven to 400° F.
1. For filling, whisk pumpkin with brown sugar, molasses spices
and salt. Whisk in eggs, then whipping cream and brandy or orange
liqueur. Pour into chilled pie shell.
2. Bake for 10 minutes, then lower temperature to 350° F. and bake
for 20 to 30 minutes, until filling puffs just a little around edges but
still has a bit of jiggle in center when moved. Allow to cool to room
temperature, then chill completely.
To serve pumpkin pie warm, it is recommended to bake and chill
completely, then re-warm in a 300° F. oven for 15 minutes before
slicing. Serve with spiced whipped cream.
Spiced Whipped Cream
Whip cream with sugar and spices until medium peaks form.
Dollop over the pieces of pie.