Koloketes (Pumpkin Pies)
photo by Coasty
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
-
30 pies
- Serves:
- 15
ingredients
-
Pumpkin pie filling
- 3 cups diced butternut pumpkin
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1⁄4 cup peanut oil or 1/4 cup corn oil
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 pn ground cloves
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
- fresh ground black pepper
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Pastry
- 4 cups plain flour
- 1 pn salt
- 3⁄4 cup peanut oil or 3/4 cup corn oil
- 1⁄2 cup cold water
- 3 teaspoons lemon juice
- beaten egg, & milk for glaze
directions
- Peel pumpkin, remove seeds and cut into 5 mm (1/4 inch) dice. Measure and place diced pumpkin into a bowl.
- Add remaining filling ingredients, stir to combine, cover and leave for 12 hours or overnight.
- Sift flour and salt into a mixing bowl, add oil and rub in with fingertips until distributed evenly.
- Add water and lemon juice and mix to a firm dough.
- Knead lightly, cover and leave to rest for 30 minutes.
- Roll out dough thinly (about the thickness of a normal pie crust) and cut into 15 cm (6 inch) rounds.
- Take a round of pastry and moisten edges with a little water.
- Place a good tablespoonful of filling in center, fold over and press edges to seal well.
- Flute edge with fingers or press with tines of fork.
- Place finished pies on lightly greased baking trays and glaze tops with an.
- egg beaten with a little milk.
- Bake in a hot oven (400 degreed F) for 10 minutes, reduce to moderate (350 degrees F) and bake for further 20 minutes.
- Serve hot or cold.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
AZPARZYCH
Peoria, 41
<p><span><strong>I am a stay at home mom to two wonderful boys; Joshua (8years), Kaiden (5 years), and baby GIRL, Madalynn (19 months)! I also have two fur babies (cats); Kobee, AJ; we had to put our youngest cat Sly down Jan 2014. :(. I am also married to my best friend, Jeff and have been since April 2005. I love cooking, hate cleaning and will do whatever I can to get out of it! I love grilling and baking. I do most of the grilling at my house, and bake for almost a week straight at Christmas time! I can make or will attempt just about anything, though I rarely make brownies, my husband's are the best! Homemade breads are not my friend, so I am always working on bread baking.</strong></span></p>
<p><span><strong>As for recipe ideas (besides zaar) Cooking Light Cookbooks are my favorites. I love to make new meals and try new things; it is hard though because my husband is picky when it comes to veggies (and hates seafood); If it were up to him we would have baked-bread crumb chicken and white rice at least one meal a day! Over the past couple years with zaar, I have found tons of new recipes my family normally wouldn’t eat but have been happily surprised with new favorites.</strong></span></p>
<p><span><strong>I love to join in all of the tag games; I haven't been as present as I would like, but as soon as my Jeff is back from working in Ohio I will be back in full tagging mode! </strong></span></p>
<p><span><strong>Cooking is my hobby and passion, I always like to host the family get togethers and volunteer for the potluck dishes. Most of all though are my kids; being home all day with them is fun and challenging, but I wouldn’t trade it for any salary!!</strong></span></p>