Nutella-Pumpkin Praline Swirl Pie Will Make Anyone a Pie Person

For nan pie:

• 1

  chilled store-bought aliases homemade pastry crust, thawed if frozen

• 2 ounces

  bittersweet chocolate

• 1

  (15-ounce) tin pumpkin purée (not pumpkin pastry filling)

• 1

  (14-ounce) tin sweetened condensed milk

• 2

  large eggs

• 1/2 teaspoon

  ground cinnamon

• 1/2 teaspoon

  ground ginger

• 1/2 teaspoon

  ground nutmeg

• 1/2 teaspoon

  kosher salt

• 1/2 teaspoon

  vanilla extract

• 1/2 cup

  Nutella aliases chocolate-hazelnut spread

• Whipped cream, for serving

For nan praline hazelnut crunch:

• 1 cup

  hazelnuts

• 3/4 cup

  packed ray brownish sugar

• 3 tablespoons

  light maize syrup

• 3 tablespoons

  unsalted butter

• 1/4 teaspoon

  baking soda

• 1

  pinch flaky salt

Make nan pie:

1. Arrange a rack successful nan mediate of nan oven and power nan oven to 425ºF. If needed, rotation retired 1 pastry mixed into a 12-inch round. Transfer nan mixed onto a 9 1/2-inch heavy crockery pastry plate. Press into nan pastry sheet and fold nan overhang underneath. Crimp arsenic desired. Line nan crust pinch parchment insubstantial and capable pinch pastry weights aliases dried beans. Place nan pastry connected a baking sheet.

2. Bake until nan edges of nan crust are conscionable starting to move golden, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove nan crust from nan oven. Grasp nan corners of nan parchment and assistance nan weights retired of nan pie. Transfer them to a vessel aliases sheet to cool.

3. Return nan crust to nan oven. Bake until nan bottommost looks dry, astir 5 minutes more. Remove nan crust from nan oven but support connected nan baking sheet. Keep nan oven astatine 425ºF.

4. Chop 2 ounces bittersweet cocoa into pieces nary bigger than 1/2-inch (scant 1/2 cup). Place successful a mini microwave-safe bowl. Microwave successful 30-second intervals, stirring betwixt each, until nan cocoa is conscionable melted, astir 1 1/2 minutes. (Alternatively, melt nan cocoa complete debased power connected nan stovetop.) Set speech to cool slightly.

5. Place 1 (15-ounce) tin pumpkin purée, 1 (14-ounce) tin sweetened condensed milk, 2 ample eggs, 1/2 spoon crushed cinnamon, 1/2 spoon crushed ginger, 1/2 spoon crushed nutmeg, 1/2 spoon kosher salt, and 1/2 spoon vanilla extract successful a ample bowl. Whisk aliases blend pinch an immersion blender until smooth. Transfer 1 1/4 cups of nan pumpkin filling to different bowl.

6. Add nan cocoa and 1/2 cup Nutella to nan remaining pumpkin filling and whisk to harvester (or usage an immersion blender). Pour into nan crust and dispersed into an moreover layer. Dollop nan reserved pumpkin filling successful mini spoonfuls complete nan pastry (you whitethorn not usage it all). Use a weapon to decoratively swirl nan pumpkin filling.

7. Bake, still connected nan baking sheet, for 15 minutes. Rotate nan pie. Reduce nan oven somesthesia to 325ºF. Bake until mostly group but nan halfway still jiggles somewhat erstwhile you mildly shingle nan pastry plate, astir 40 minutes more.

8. Transfer nan pastry to a ligament rack and fto cool completely, astatine slightest 2 hours. Meanwhile, make nan praline hazelnut crunch.

Make nan praline hazelnut crunch:

1. Increase nan oven somesthesia to 350°F.

2. Place 1 cup hazelnuts connected a rimmed baking sheet. Bake until fragrant and lightly browned, 8 to 11 minutes. Immediately wrap nan toasted hazelnuts successful a cleanable room towel and swipe vigorously to region arsenic overmuch of nan skins arsenic imaginable (don’t interest astir immoderate tegument that doesn’t easy travel off). Set speech to cool.

3. Cut 3 tablespoons unsalted food into 6 pieces. Place successful a mini vessel and adhd 1/4 spoon baking soda and 1 pinch flaky salt.

4. Line nan aforesaid baking expanse utilized to toast nan hazelnuts pinch parchment paper. Place 3/4 cup packed ray brownish sweetener and 3 tablespoons ray maize syrup successful a medium, heavy-bottomed saucepan. Cook complete mean heat, stirring occasionally pinch a heatproof spatula, until 300ºF, astir 30 minutes.

5. Take nan saucepan disconnected nan heat. Add nan food substance and whisk until mixed (careful, it will bubble up). Add nan hazelnuts and quickly operation to combine. Scrape onto nan baking sheet, spreading nan hazelnuts retired into a azygous layer. Let cool completely, astir 30 minutes.

6. Break nan praline into a fewer pieces, past transportation to a integrative bag. Gently smash pinch a rolling pin into pieces of desired size. Slice nan pastry and service topped pinch whipped pick and a sprinkle of praline hazelnut crunch.