This recipe is quick and predictable.
I like it because it does not use tofu and especially tofu with the various syrups that are used with it to make desserts because the combination of the 2 ingredients lends to potential of blockage in the colon.
You will need:
l precooked pie crust or pudding glasses. This recipe yields enough for 6 servings or
one pie.
2/3 bar Eden agar agar. I use the bar because it makes a creamier recipe.
1/2 c blanched, toasted and milled almonds ground in a seed mill. You can
buy the blanched almonds at the health food store/section of your market, toast
them in a cast iron pan on top of the stove about 5 - 7 minutes. If you use
Bob's Red Mill Almond Meal, you will need 3/4 c of the meal. I toast
the meal in a cast iron pan. You will need to be watchful so it does
not burn: Blend the almond meal
with 1/2 c water to make a thick cream to avoid
graininess.
If you wish to blanch some almonds at home
that you already have or prefer to prepare them yourself, here's how:
Boil 1 cup of water and then add the shelled almonds into the water for almost a minute.
Then Drain and pinch off the skins. Pan roast, mill and blend in 1/2 c water as
mentioned above.
2 cups of cooked and milled pumpkin so you will have no lumps. Sugar pumpkin
that has been baked for 35 minutes is a wonderful sweeter taste. Cut the pumpkin in
half, seed it and lay it down on a cookie sheet with some water on the bottom
of the pan. Bake at 350 degrees. (Clean the seeds and
roast them 5-7 minutes while the pumpkin is
baking.) Remove the meat from the skin and mill to avoid lumps. (Use a foley mill).
Or one can of pumpkin, health food store quality
if you would like.
1T of ground coriander and 1 Tsp. ground
Cardamom. Opt. You can use your pumpkin pie spice you like.
1/2 tsp. salt
2T  Kuzu, dissolved in 1/4 room temp, cool water. Do not dissolve the kuzu until you
are ready to add it to the recipe.
1/2 rice syrup POWDER (Check with
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2 Tsps. vanilla
Place the agar bar which is broken up in a few pieces into 2 1/4 c of cool water with
1/2 of rice syrup powder. Sprinkle and whisk in the powder and
stir so rice syrup powder is thoroughly dissolved. Be sure
it is totally dissolved before heating. Add the salt.
Cook these ingredients in a double boiler pan, the top compartment. Bring to
gentle boil and
then cook over a medium flame
5 to 8 minutes until agar is dissolved. Cook with the lid
ajar.
Add the kuzu which has been dissolved in 1/4 cup of water. Stir well
to avoid lumping for about a minute.
Meanwhile, have some water heating in the bottom part of the
double boiler.
Place the top part of the pan set into the bottom pan
to finish cooking the rest of the recipe.
Add the almond meal cream, coriander and cardamom. Of if you
are using pumpkin pie spice, add it now.
Add the pumpkin and stir in thoroughly.
Add the vanilla. Cook covered for about 10 minutes to meld the flavors.
If you wish to strain the recipe for more smoothness, you can do it now using a
large holed one. I like to do this for company.
This sets up firm.
Pour into your crust or serving dishes to set up in the refrigerator.
When ready to serve, add a few pieces of chopped, roasted walnuts or almond slivers/slices.
Some roasted chestnuts which have been sliced after roasting and used as a garnish makes a
nice touch. (Make crosses on the top of rinsed chestnuts and place in the freezer for about
10 minutes and then put into the oven and roast or pan roast, if you would like. Putting them
in the freezer helps them to peel easier after roasting). Enjoy!
The reason I am not using the usual pumpkin pie spice is because spices like
cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, mace, allspice and nutmeg are irritating to the genitourinary
tract, bump up cravings and irritate the nerves.
Dorcas Gerace, AZ
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