DISH RESEARCH · Dessert
sweet potato pie
Also known as: Pie, sweet potato
Holly Nilsson’s selected sweet potato pie mixes cooked mashed sweet potato with sugar, evaporated milk, butter, eggs, cinnamon, vanilla, nutmeg and salt in an uncooked pastry shell, finished with whipped cream.
About sweet potato pie
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Holly Nilsson describes sweet potato pie as a Southern classic. This account selects her cinnamon version in a supplied single pastry shell, filled with cooked, mashed orange sweet potatoes.
The cooked sweet potatoes pass through a ricer and strainer to remove strings. Their earlier cooking method remains unreported in this selected pie recipe.
Granulated sugar, evaporated milk, melted butter, eggs, cinnamon, vanilla, ground nutmeg and salt join the sweet potato filling. An electric mixer combines it until smooth.
The filling is poured into the uncooked shell and baked until set. The pie then cools to room temperature before serving, with whipped cream applied as the explicit topping.
The author describes rich, creamy filling in flaky pastry, with more texture than her pumpkin-pie comparison. Pumpkin spice, graham-cracker crust, candied pecans and caramel are separate variations.
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- Southern and American / Holly Nilsson selected sweet potato pie