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Southern Sweet Potato Pie (American Sweet Potato Custard Pie)

Name: Southern Sweet Potato Pie (American Sweet Potato Custard Pie)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 85 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: sweet potatoes, roasted and mashed 1000 g; pie pastry sheets 2 pieces; eggs 3 pieces; sweetened condensed milk 500 ml; evaporated milk 240 ml; brown sugar 150 g; butter 80 g; ground cinnamon 8 g; ground nutmeg 3 g; ground ginger 3 g; vanilla extract 10 ml; fine salt 3 g

A silky spiced sweet potato custard in a flaky pastry shell.

85 minutes · 8 servings · Moderate

Sweet potato pie is the pie people in the south make for thanksgiving instead of pumpkin, and there is no version that will not be called too sweet. The sweet potato roasts first so the moisture is gone before it goes into the custard, otherwise the pie weeps. Nutmeg goes in later than most recipes admit.

Ingredients

sweet potatoes, roasted and mashed1000 g
pie pastry sheets2 pieces
eggs3 pieces
sweetened condensed milk500 ml
evaporated milk240 ml
brown sugar150 g
butter80 g
ground cinnamon8 g
ground nutmeg3 g
ground ginger3 g
vanilla extract10 ml
fine salt3 g

Directions

1
Line a tin with pastry; chill 15 minutes.
2
Blind bake at 190C for 18 minutes.
3
Whisk eggs, condensed milk, evaporated milk, sugar, spices, vanilla and salt; stir in sweet potato.
4
Fill the shell; bake at 170C for 35 minutes until set.
custard is set with a slight wobble

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