sweet azuki bean pie

Name: Sweet Azuki Bean Pie
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 pound(s) azuki beans; 1/2 cup(s) butter, unsalted, room temperature; 2 - eggs; 1/2 cup(s) sugar; 1/2 cup(s) dark brown sugar; 1/2 cup(s) cream or whole milk; 1/2 teaspoon(s) cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon(s) allspice; 1/2 teaspoon(s) ginger; 1 tablespoon(s) vanilla; 1 - autumn pie crust, see recipe

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Tiffany Bannworth

Cape Coral, FL

Updated on Aug 19, 2012

If you are familiar with Chinese steamed buns filled with red bean paste, you will delight in this pie. During my time learning to speak Chinese in school, I worked in a Asian food mart/Chinese restaurant. That is where I fell in love with it. This is an American rendition of an Asian favorite.

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Topped with chopped pecans, powdered sugar, and cinnamon sugar.

prep time 30 Min

cook time 50 Min

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yield 6-8 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 pound azuki beans
1/2 cup butter, unsalted, room temperature
2 - eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 cup cream or whole milk
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 - autumn pie crust, see recipe

How To Make sweet azuki bean pie

Step 1

Boil beans until soft. Rinse.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 350.
Step 3

Place bean in food processor or blender with butter. Blend until smooth.
Step 4

Add other ingredients, blend for an additional minute.
Step 5

Pour into unbaked crust. https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/dessert/pie/autumn-pie-crust.html
Step 6

Bake until a toothpick in center comes out clean.
Step 7

Best served with ginger whipped cream. Try my recipe. https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/dessert/other-dessert/ginger-whipped-cream.html
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