Line an 11" flan dish with plain pastry. Cook 1lb diced pumpkin with a little water. Puree or mash the cooked pumpkin.

Add stirring well:
2 oz dark muscovado suger
4 oz runny honey or Golden Syrup
1 level dessert spoon cinnamon
1 or 2 pinches mixed spice
225 gm thick or double cream
4 beaten eggs

Tip the pumpkin mix into pastry case and bake in centre of oven at gas mark 4 180C (Fan 160C) for 40 minutes.

Serve with cream - you can eat the pie when it comes out of the oven but it tastes even better the next day.

You can adjust the spices or type of sugar to suit your taste - some people add nutmeg and ginger, others use molasses.