Thanksgiving Pie Recipe 1866
This is an incredibly detailed recipe, calling for delicate pastry work. No doubt that the Thanksgiving Pie was truly the crown of the feast!
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Source: Mrs. Crown’s American Lady’s Cookery Book, 1866.
It seems pretty modern, I mean apart from cooking the pumpkin in a kettle!
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You’re right. What I thought was an interesting twist is that you prepare the puff paste decorations and add them to the pie 1/2 way through cooking. Burning the top is always an issue, but this solves the problem.
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