Making Pumpkin Pie for Thanksgiving

raw pumpkin

You cannot buy Libby's pumpkin pie filling in South Africa. Full stop.

So in order to make our Thanksgiving pumpkin pies, we had to go old school and make our pumpkin pie puree from scratch.

Luckily we were able to find these bags of already cut up pumpkin at Pick n Pay. Phew!

100% pumpkin puree - just like Libby makes

And just as luckily, we were able to get Libby's famous pumpkin pie recipe on-line. The internet makes expat life so much easier!

We made homemade pie crust too. (You can't get pre-made frozen pie crusts here either!)

yum ... leftovers

The pies were actually the best we have ever made. Happy Black Friday!