Mini pumpkin pies full of flavors. This mini pies can be turned into a big pumpkin pie and you can easily turn it into a vegan and gluten free recipe.
Course Appetizer, Side Dish
Cuisine Italian
Keyword mini pumpkin pies, pumpkin and porcini, pumpkin pie
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour
Servings 6
Ingredients
70grof butter50g for the dough, 20g more for the folds
120grof plain flour
1pinchof salt
1pinchof baking powder
200grof pumpkin or pumpkin purée
5grof dried porcini mushrooms30gr if using fresh porcini
rosemary and garlic
salt and pepper
extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
Soak the dried porcini into lukewarm water for at least 30 minutes (overnight is ok). If you are using fresh skip the soaking.
Make the pastry
Combine 50gr of butter with 100gr of flour, the baking powder and a pinch of salt in a bowl. Mix the ingredients until you get a crumbly dough. Add 4 tablespoon of water and keep kneading. The dough must be smooth and a little sticky. If it becomes too sticky, add the rest of the four. The dough must be very elastic and soft.
Flatten the dough into a rectangle 1cm thick with a rolling pin, on a pastry board dusted with four. Spread the pastry evenly with half of the remaining butter. Fold the bottom third of the rectangle up toward the centre, aligning the edges. Then fold the top third down. Flatten again the dough and spread the rest of the butter. Fold again two times more. Let the dough sit in the fridge, covered with a plastic wrap until the filling is ready.
Make the filling
Cut the pumpkin into 0,5cm cubes and stir fry it on a pan with a tablespoon of oil, a crushed garlic and some rosemary. When golden brown, add some water, salt and pepper and let it cook for about 10 minutes.
If you are using pumpkin puree, mix it in a bowl with some dried garlic powder and dried rosemary.
Cut the porcini into small pieces and add them to the pumpkin. Let it cook for five more minutes then, check the saltiness and turn off the heat.
Prepare the pies
Pre-heat the oven to 200°C (390F).
Flatten the pastry with a rolling pin and cut discs a little bigger than the holes of a muffin pan. Put the discs in the pan and fill them with the pumpkin and porcini mixture. Cut the remaining pastry into stripes to decorate the little basket.
Bake the baskets at 200°C (390°F) for about 30 minutes. Serve warm or cold.