"This recipe is amazing AS IS. The ginger/nutmeg combo is refreshingly different but still familiar. Cinnamon and clove, to make it taste like every other pumpkin pie you have ever had, are not necessary. I used the Cheese Wheel Pumpkin that has adorned my porch for the last month or so. (The woman I bought it from said they make great pies, and she was right.) I was also concerned because the filling seemed runny when I put it in the oven, but the texture of the end result was spot-on. I will play with this recipe...maybe some cayenne?...because that's what I like to do, but would recommend it, as it stands, to anyone with the guts to gut their own pumpkin.

"This recipe is amazing AS IS. The ginger/nutmeg combo is refreshingly different but still familiar. Cinnamon and clove, to make it taste like every other pumpkin pie you have ever had, are not necessary. I used the Cheese Wheel Pumpkin that has adorned my porch for the last month or so. (The woman I bought it from said they make great pies, and she was right.) I was also concerned because the filling seemed runny when I put it in the oven, but the texture of the end result was spot-on. I will play with this recipe...maybe some cayenne?...because that's what I like to do, but would recommend it, as it stands, to anyone with the guts to gut their own pumpkin.

"This recipe is amazing AS IS. The ginger/nutmeg combo is refreshingly different but still familiar. Cinnamon and clove, to make it taste like every other pumpkin pie you have ever had, are not necessary. I used the Cheese Wheel Pumpkin that has adorned my porch for the last month or so. (The woman I bought it from said they make great pies, and she was right.) I was also concerned because the filling seemed runny when I put it in the oven, but the texture of the end result was spot-on. I will play with this recipe...maybe some cayenne?...because that's what I like to do, but would recommend it, as it stands, to anyone with the guts to gut their own pumpkin.