Spiced Pumpkin Pudding Pie
Barbara Kafka's Vegetable Love is a love letter to the endless possibilities of hundreds of vegetables, both common and obscure. Being that it is about the sensual pleasures of vegetables rather than simple or ascetic vegetarian eating, I thought it would be fitting to try her recipe for a rich squash pudding that can be made into a classic holiday pie. And while I've happily eaten canned pumpkin pie my entire life, the complexity of flavors achieved by cooking pumpkin pudding from scratch far outweighs the simplicity of opening a can.
