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- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- From: Joel.Ehrlich@salata.com (Joel Ehrlich)
- Subject: Sweet Potato Pie Recipe
- Message-ID: <dad_9503291303@salata.com>
- Date: Sun, 9 Apr 1995 20:05:58 GMT
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- Well here are two possibilities. Both make excellent pies.
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- Sweet Potato Pie No. 608 Yields 8 Servings
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- 1 9" Pre-Baked Pie Shell 3 Large Eggs
- 2 lb Yams or Sweet Potatoes 1/4 Cup Lemon Juice
- 1/2 Cup Butter 1/2 Cup Milk
- 1 tsp Cinnamon 3 Tbls Brandy
- 1 tsp Nutmeg 1/4 tsp Cloves, Ground
- 1/4 tsp Salt 1/4 tsp Ginger
- 1/4 Cup Brown Sugar 1/8 tsp Allspice
- 1/2 Cup White Sugar
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- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Bake pie shell for 10 minutes and set aside.
- Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees.
- Peel, boil and drain yams or sweet potatoes.
- Mash and add the remaining ingredients.
- Mix thoroughly.
- Fill pie shell and bake for 25 to 35 minutes or until pie has puffed up and is
- firm in the middle.
- The top may be decorated with strips of dough if you wish.
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- Sweet Potato Pie No. 2750 Yields 1 9" Pie
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- 1 9" Premade Pie Crust 1/4 tsp Cloves, Ground
- 1/2 Cup Sugar 1/4 tsp Allspice
- 1/4 Cup Molasses 2 Cups Pureed Sweet Potatoes
- 1 Pinch Salt 1 Cup Half & Half
- 1 Tbls Lemon Juice - Whipped Cream
- 3 Eggs, Separated - Rum or Rum Flavoring
- 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
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- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
- Place the pie crust in the pie pan.
- Combine the sugar, molasses, salt, lemon juice, egg yolks and all the spices.
- Beat until smooth.
- Beat in the sweet potato puree and the half & half.
- Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form.
- Fold the egg whites into the sweet potato mixture.
- Pour into the prepared pie shell.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees.
- Bake until the custard is set (35-40 minutes).
- Add rum or rum flavoring to taste to the whipped cream.
- Serve the pie garnished with the flavored whipped cream.
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- Joel
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