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The Pumpkin Pie Recipe That Outlived The Restaurant

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Learn how to make Pumpkin Ice Cream Pie, a delicious frozen dessert with layers of vanilla ice cream, spiced pumpkin cream, flaky pastry crust, and fresh whipped cream. Perfect for your Thanksgiving table!

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Unlike traditional pumpkin pie, this old-fashioned frozen pumpkin dessert is made with two distinct creamy layers and can be prepared ahead of time for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or other special occasions. Renee shows you how to concentrate the flavor of canned pumpkin, bloom the spices, protect the pastry crust with a thin coating of chocolate, assemble and freeze the pie, and temper it for clean slices. Each serving is finished with fresh whipped cream and a drizzle of pure maple syrup.

For more than fifty years, John's Flaming Hearth was one of Niagara Falls, N.Y.’s best-known restaurants, and for many of those customers, the meal wasn't complete without a slice of his sister’s pumpkin ice cream pie.

During our research, we discovered a recipe published under the John's Flaming Hearth name in a Niagara County Community College Women's Club cookbook. We couldn't establish whether it was the exact recipe used in the restaurant, but it gave Renee a starting point for developing her own interpretation.

When the restaurant finally closed in February 2006, the story of its famous pie wasn't over. John brought the recipe with him to the Polish Nook when he started working there, and now the tradition continues with the third generation of Polish Nook owners. Order up a Polish Platter and finish it off with a slice of legendary pie.

Did you ever eat at John's Flaming Hearth? Do you remember its pumpkin ice cream pie, the little homemade loaves of bread, or a special occasion you celebrated there? We'd love to hear your memories in the comments.

Renee’s Pie Crust video:

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Real Life Human Narrator: Damon Webb

Original music lyrics written by: Nate Greenleaf

Original Music and Video Edited and Produced by: Nate Greenleaf

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - Intro

01:51 - How to create the chocolate barrier layer

04:35 - How to create the vanilla ice cream layer

07:26 - How to create the pumpkin reduction

14:46 - How to fill the iSi whipped cream dispenser

17:57 - How to create the pumpkin cream layer

21:32 - How to plate and serve (sorta)

23:07 - Adding the whipped cream

24:27 - Close ups, taste test and reaction.

25:44 - NIAGARA FALLS… the payoff

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The Polish Nook

The Kajfasz family's Niagara Falls, N.Y. restaurant, where you can still enjoy their own version of this famous dessert.

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Niagara Frontier Publications

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Niagara Falls Reporter

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Bennett Beacon / Bennett Alumni Association

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Lew-Port Class of ’69

Linda Black

Niagara Falls State Park, USA

Ronald Vigue

841 Alumni Association

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Photo: RobShots / Niagara Gazette

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