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Sweet Potato Pie Recipe


Sweet Potato Pie Recipe
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Inspired by other recipes, the potato meat is sautéed then simmered to prepare it for this pie.

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riced sweet potato


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Ingredients
  • 4 c peeled 2” cubed sweet potato
  • 4 T butter
  • 1T vegetable oil
  • ½ c water
  • 1 ½ c sugar, divided
  • ½ c molasses
  • 2 eggs, separated
  • ¼ c evaporated milk
  • ¼ t salt
  • ½ t cinnamon
  • ½ t ginger
  • ½ t nutmeg

Directions
  1. Prepare a single crust 9” pie plate. Prep time does not include crust.
  2. Prepare sweet potatoes.
  3. Melt butter and oil in a sauté pan over medium heat; add sweet potato, sauté ‘till fragrent.
  4. Mix water, ½ c sugar, and molasses; add to sweet potato. Reduce heat to simmer; cover and simmer for 25 minutes and potato is fork tender.
  5. Beat egg yolks and milk together.
  6. Mix spices together.
  7. Remove sweet potato from syrup and process with a potato ricer. The potatoes cook down to 2 cups riced.
  8. Take up the syrup from the sauté pan; cool, refrigerate, for use on pancakes or the like.
  9. Stir potatoes and let cool for 5 minutes.
  10. Locate rack to bottom of oven. Preheat oven to 425*f.
  11. Add spice mix; stir to mix.
  12. Add egg mix; stir to mix.
  13. Beat egg whites until foamy; add 1 cup sugar slowly, beat until stiff peaks form.
  14. Fold egg white into potato mix.
  15. Pour into crust and bake on bottom rack of oven for 45 minutes. Put a pie ring on the crust edge if it tries to brown too much.
  16. Cool and serve.

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That looks great! I've never had Sweet Potato Pie. I love sweet potatoes, so I'd probably love this!


Sounds very good! Worth a 5 in my book!


That was really great posting..Thanks for sharing with us.


Great Pie.

Thank-you

Kind Regards


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Alterations


Looks like I might need to back off on the bake time just a little.

I'm tempted to incorporate some or all of the saute syrup into the riced potatoes next time.


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