Preheat oven to 400° Cut pumpkin in half and remove seeds. Place face down on rimmed cookie sheet. Bake for 1 hour.

After removing pumpkin from oven, remove flesh and place in blender. Blend until smooth, and strain off excess water into a paper towel.

Reset oven to 425°

Combine eggs, pumpkin puree, sweetened condensed milk, pumpkin pie spice, salt and cloves in a large bowl and mix until combined.

Fit pie crust into a 9” pie dish; pour pumpkin mixture into the crust.

Place pie on a baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350°F and bake until filling is set, about 35-40 minutes.