Savory Sesame Butternut Squash Pie

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This umami-rich slab pastry pulls unneurotic an unexpected blend of flavors, mixing maple syrup, miso and the spicy zing of gingersnap cookies. The soufflelike filling stirs unneurotic rapidly and is topped with tangy yogurt and toasted seeds. It makes a modern, elegant broadside crockery for the holidays.

For a large crowd, this pastry whitethorn beryllium made successful an 18-by-13-inch baking expanse by doubling the recipe.

To work the accompanying story, see: Take that squash and slab it — into a savory pie.

Microwave oregon steam the squash up to 3 days successful advance. Bake the gingersnap crust up to 1 time successful advance. Both should beryllium kept refrigerated.

From Bring It! columnist and cookbook writer Cathy Barrow.

Ingredients

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Servings: 12-15

For the crust

  • 10 ounces (about 50 1 1/4-inch cookies) gingersnap cookies, crushed into crumbs (about 2 cups)
  • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  • 1/4 spoon kosher salt

For the filling

  • 3 ample eggs, separated into whites and yolks
  • 1 1/2 cups canned oregon home-cooked butternut squash puree from 1 15-ounce tin oregon a 3-pound squash (see NOTE)
  • 1 cupful full-fat coconut milk
  • 1/4 cupful maple syrup
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  • 2 tablespoons achromatic miso
  • 1 tablespoonful peeled, grated caller ginger root
  • 2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil
  • 3/4 spoon freshly crushed achromatic pepper
  • 1/2 spoon kosher salt

For the topping

  • 1 cupful plain full-fat oregon Greek-style yogurt
  • 2 tablespoons toasted/roasted sesame seeds

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 15)

  • Calories

    230

  • Fat

    13 g

  • Saturated Fat

    8 g

  • Carbohydrates

    25 g

  • Sodium

    250 mg

  • Cholesterol

    55 mg

  • Protein

    4 g

  • Fiber

    1 g

  • Sugar

    9 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Bring It! columnist and cookbook writer Cathy Barrow.

Tested by Cathy Barrow.

Published October 26, 2017

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Updated March 16, 2026

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