Fresh Homemade Pumpkin Pie

Recipes from http://www.pumpkinpatchesandmore.org/pumpkinpie.php

Before

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Puree Processing

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Scrap the "meat" away from the skin after it has been steamed and softened.
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Hand stick blender to smooth the puree.
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Puree is divided into cloth napkins and hung to dry. I'm trying to remove the water. The puree is very wet.
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The pumpkin in all its parts: skin (going to trash), puree (going to be pie), and seeds (going to be roasted)
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Pie Processing

If this is going to be a homemade project, then I made a crust

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Rebekah isn't really a fan of pie, but here she is showing off the pie mixture.
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One full 9" pie
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There was some remaining filling, so we made crust for the ramekins.
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The pie is done, the ramekins need a little more time.
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After

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Back to the idea of homemade, I made up some whipped topping too. The kids loved the topping way more then the pie itself.
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In the end, Elijah, Les and I liked the pie. Oh well. It is really amazing and the flavor is so much more intense.
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Chocolate Truffle Tartlets

Recipe from GroupRecipe.com at http://www.grouprecipes.com/68275/truffle-tarts-with-raspberries.html

When I was making these, I thought the recipe was using too much butter for the crust, so I cut back -- that was a mistake. The crusts fell apart when they were picked up. Everything tasted great, but it was very messy.

Pan prep -- line with wax paper to create a handle for removing.
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Baseline of the crust. I also bought a mint cookie package.
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Separation of cookie and filling
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Tartlet crusts with centers. Most of one batch was a raspberry center, but I used a few cookie fillings too. The second batch was mint flavored where I added a drop of mint extract to the crust mix and then used the mint cookie filling as the center.
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Whipped ganache.
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Final product
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