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While not a common dessert in Australia, I highly recommend you try this fabulous sugar free recipe. With very subtle pumpkin flavours combined with a lovely array of spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg, this is a truly delicious dessert suitable for any occasion. A wonderful combination of a cheesecake and a more traditional pumpkin pie, this recipe is going to win you over, especially if you've never tried pumpkin pie or pumpkin cheesecake before.
You can use any of our sweeteners in the recipe and make sure you modify the amount that you use to suit your tastes.
Cheese Cake Come Pie
This Low Carb Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie is a combination of all that I love in a pumpkin pie and a cheesecake. It isn't as firm as a cheesecake but it has more of a creamy texture than a conventional Pumpkin Pie would. The sweet whole meal like base adds to the wholesome taste of the pie but doesn't detract from the flavors.
Bake In a Bain Marie
Ensure you bake this cake in a bain marie. Place your pie dish inside a slightly larger casserole bowl that has been filled with water. Don't choose a dish that is too big or it can be too difficult to manoeuvre the dishes, especially once you add the water. It's fine if your pie dish edges sit on the edge of the casserole dish so long as the water comes about 3/4 way up the pie dish.
Once you have baked this, allow it to sit overnight in the fridge to firm up. It will be so much easier to cut and will stay intact. Try serving it simply with freshly whipped cream. Decorate it with piped cream and add pecans or just simply sprinkle it with a little cinnamon.
Canned Or Fresh Pumpkin
Pumpkin in a can just doesn't exist in Australia, so if ever I make a dish that calls for it I simply make my own by steaming, baking or boiling pumpkin. You cannot mess the recipe up as it is so simple. Just cook till soft. Remove any skin and seeds, and mash or puree till smooth. If you do boil the pumpkin, just make sure that you drain off any excess water before you mash it so the puree isn't too watery.
Making Your Pie Base
This pie base is healthy, easy to make and very forgiving. If you get any tears or holes in your dough, simply break some off and patch with your fingers. You use your fingers to push the dough up to the edges of your pie dish. It doesn't roll out thinly, which is why I roll it out to about the width of the pie pan and then use my fingers to push it up the sides.
It sounds like hard work but literally takes minutes to make. Make sure you prick the base of the pie dough as it will rise when it cooks and the holes allow you to push it back down when you take it out of the oven. Note that if your oven bakes hot, you may want to cover the pie crust edges with some aluminium foil to prevent it from cooking too much, or simply turn the temperature down a little.
Prep Time:30 minutes
Cook Time:50 minutes
Total Time:1 hour 20 minutes
Ingredients
Pie Base Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups almond meal/flour
- 2 tablespoons ground flax meal/linseed
- 3 tablespoons melted butter
- 1-2 tablespoons Stevia blend /alternative sweetener/or to taste
Pumpkin Cheese Cake Pie Filling
- 200 gms /7 oz Pumpkin Puree
- 200 gms /7 oz heavy cream/pure cream
- 300 gms / 10.5 oz cream cheese
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons Stevia blend /alternative sweetener/or to taste
- ½ tablespoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon all spice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- A pinch of cloves
Instructions
Pie Base Method
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Preheat your oven to 160 C/325 F.
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Mix all ingredients together into a large ball and allow to sit for 15 minutes covered in the fridge.
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Place your dough between 2 pieces of baking paper and roll out to the approximate width of the base of your pie dish.
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Remove the top piece of baking paper and flip the dough in to your pie pan. If it splits, simply mend and patch using your fingers. Use your fingers to work the dough up the side of the pie pan. Use your fingers to press down on the top edge to create a nice smooth, even edge. Try to make sure the dough is fairly even in thickness. Prick the base all over with a fork.
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Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes. If it puffs up, gently push it back against the pie dish.
Filling Method
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Beat the cream cheese until soft and creamy. Add the spices and continue beating till well combined.
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Continue beating the cream cheese, adding the eggs one at a time until well combined.
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Add the cream and the pumpkin and continue beating till well combined.
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Pour the filling into the base and smooth off the top.
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Place your pie into a slightly larger casserole dish and have it right next to the oven, or position it ion the tray, slid out of the oven. Pour hot water into the casserole dish so it comes about 3/4 way up the side of the pie dish.
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Bake in the oven of 40-50 minutes at 160 C/325 F Fan Forced.
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Turn the oven off and allow the pie to cool in the oven, with the oven door ajar for about 1 hour.
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Allow pie to sit overnight in the fridge to cool and firm before serving.
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Sprinkle with a little cinnamon and serve with freshly whipped cream.
