Bea’s Classic Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin pie feels so quintessentially American, and it is true that it is rarely eaten anywhere beyond our shores. The earliest versions are thought to date back to the Plymouth settlers in New England in the seventeenth century, when pumpkins cultivated by the Native American tribes were shared with the newcomers. Hence they featured prominently in the first ever Thanksgiving harvest supper, and every year since.

Pumpkins are closely related to melons, and their name comes from the