Joy's Creamy Carrot Pie

Name: Joy's Creamy Carrot Pie
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 9
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 567 grams carrots; 2 larges eggs; 340 grams can evaporated milk; 1 refrigerated pastry for single-crust 9-inch pie (half of a 15-oz. package), at room temperature; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons ground cloves; 1 teaspoons ground ginger; 118 milliliters honey; 1 teaspoons salt

Joy's Creamy Carrot Pie is a vegetarian recipe with 9 servings. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 299 calories, 6g of protein, and 14g of fat. A mixture of carrots, eggs, pastry, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a 3- to 4-quart pan over high heat, bring about 1 quart water to a boil. Peel carrots, cut into 1/2-inch slices, and add to water. Cover and return to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until carrots are tender when pierced, 10 to 12 minutes.

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Water

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Drain.

Meanwhile, gently fit pastry into a 1 1/2-inch-deep, 9-inch pie pan. Fold under any excess pastry at rim and decoratively flute edge. Prick pastry with a fork several times.

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Pie Form

Bake on the bottom rack of a 350 oven until pastry is golden, 13 to 15 minutes.

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Mash cooked carrots and measure 1 1/2 cups. Reserve any extra carrots for another use.

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Carrot

In a blender, combine the 1 1/2 cups carrots, milk, honey, eggs, cinnamon, ginger, salt, and cloves; whirl until very smooth.

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Carrot

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Ginger

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Set pie pan on a foil-lined baking sheet on bottom rack of oven. Carefully pour carrot mixture into pastry.

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Aluminum Foil

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Bake until filling barely jiggles in the center when pie is gently shaken, 50 to 55 minutes. If crust rim starts to get too dark, drape affected areas with foil.

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