Sweet Potato Pie, Sweet Potato Pie (if I don't get some I think I'm gonna die)

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For those who recognise it, that title is a rip off of Dennis Lee's classic poem Alligator Pie. It's been in my head all day.

This week, we were gifted a huge box of local sweet potatoes so I went hunting for recipes. My first choice was a Sweet Potato Pie. It's a traditional dessert in the Southern US (and very much like the Pumpkin Pie so ubiquitous here in the fall).

After reading a lot of recipes I ended up combining two: this one from Danny Glover via Martha Stewart, and this Mississippi Sweet Potato Pie at the Spruce.

I also threw in some rosemary because I love rosemary and I had it on hand.

The result was delicious--but a lot sweeter than I expected. I think you could reduce the sugar to a cup or less if you're so inclined. (See below for an update.) Also, I discovered it's nearly impossible to take a picture of this dessert that doesn't end up looking like mid-century Kodachrome. That is some orange pie, my friend.

This makes enough filling for two 9" pie shells.

INGREDIENTS

Two 9" uncooked pie shells (I'll leave it to you how you acquire them ☺)

1 1/2 c cooked, mashed sweet potato
1 1/4 c sugar
1/2 tsp allspice
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs
1/2 c cream
1 1/2 tbsp fresh chopped rosemary (optional)

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 F

Blend sweet potato and butter until creamy.
Add sugar and dry spices and blend thoroughly.
Add eggs and cream and blend again.
Stir in rosemary.

Spoon filling into the pie shells. It's quite thick, so you can fill to the top and smooth it a bit with the back of your spoon. (As you can see in the photo, it doesn't level out while baking.)

Bake for approximately 1 hour, until filling is set and a toothpick comes out clean.

UPDATE: I made this pie again using 1 c sugar with no difference in flavour. I also used a liberal quantity of sage instead of rosemary (about 2 tablespoons, fresh chopped) and it was divine.

Comments

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I can't remember the last time I had tempura of any kind. I probably need to fix that.

The alligator pie looks tasty!