Pawpaw Pudding Pie

[Eleanor Rose]

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Pawpaws (sometimes spelled Paw Paws) were eaten by Native Americans and settlers alike in the 18th century. You can find references to them, but you don't really find them in any cookbooks because they weren't available all the time. Recipes aren't found until much later on in the 19th century. This recipe for Pawpaw Pudding Pie is adapted from Amelia Simons' "American Cookery" cookbook recipe for pumpkin pudding.

Ingredients:

1 cup Pawpaw Flesh
1 cup Milk
1 Egg
2-3 tbsp. Molasses
1 tsp. Allspice
1 tsp. ground Ginger
1 Pie Crust


Directions:

Remove all seeds from the pawpaw flesh and mash it up.

Whisk in milk and egg getting the mixture as smooth as possible.

Mix in molasses and spices. This mixture will be a little thin but will thicken up as it cooks.

Pour the mixture into your pie crust and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour 20 minutes. Allow to cool completely, probably even overnight before slicing.

 

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The pawpaw, a little-known native fruit, is making a comeback. Photo courtesy of Baltimore Sun.​

Pawpaws (sometimes spelled Paw Paws) were eaten by Native Americans and settlers alike in the 18th century. You can find references to them, but you don't really find them in any cookbooks because they weren't available all the time. Recipes aren't found until much later on in the 19th century. This recipe for Pawpaw Pudding Pie is adapted from Amelia Simons' "American Cookery" cookbook recipe for pumpkin pudding.

Ingredients:

1 cup Pawpaw Flesh
1 cup Milk
1 Egg
2-3 tbsp. Molasses
1 tsp. Allspice
1 tsp. ground Ginger
1 Pie Crust


Directions:

Remove all seeds from the pawpaw flesh and mash it up.

Whisk in milk and egg getting the mixture as smooth as possible.

Mix in molasses and spices. This mixture will be a little thin but will thicken up as it cooks.

Pour the mixture into your pie crust and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour 20 minutes. Allow to cool completely, probably even overnight before slicing.

Some people in Louisiana will use Paw Paw's in their mash when they make some shine.