Sweet Potato Pie with Cornmeal Pastry

Name: Sweet Potato Pie with Cornmeal Pastry
Prep time: 4 h 15 min
Cook time: 4 h 15 min
Total time: 4 h 15 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 79 milliliters packed brown sugar; 1 Tbsp butter or margarine, softened; 79 milliliters cornmeal; 2 eggs; 394 milliliters evaporated milk; 158 milliliters Gold all-purpose flour; 177 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons ground cloves; 1 teaspoons ground ginger; 79 milliliters chopped pecans; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoons salt; 79 milliliters shortening; 473 milliliters mashed cooked sweet potatoes; 8 servings Sweetened whipped cream, if desired; 2 Tbsps cold water

Sweet Potato Pie with Cornmeal Pas

Instructions

In medium bowl, mix flour, cornmeal and 1/4 teaspoon salt.

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Cornmeal

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Cut in shortening, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until particles are size of small peas.

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Shortening

Peas

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Blender

Sprinkle with water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with fork until all flour is moistened and pastry almost cleans side of bowl (1 to 2 teaspoons water can be added if necessary).

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All Purpose Flour

Water

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Bowl

Gather pastry into a ball. Shape into flattened round on lightly floured surface. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate about 45 minutes or until dough is firm and cold, yet pliable. This allows the shortening to become slightly firm, which helps make the baked pastry more flaky. If refrigerated longer, let pastry soften slightly before rolling.

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Shortening

Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Heat oven to 425F. With floured rolling pin, roll pastry into round 2 inches larger than upside-down 9-inch deep-dish glass pie plate. Fold pastry into fourths; place in pie plate. Unfold and ease into plate, pressing firmly against bottom and side. Trim overhanging edge of pastry 1/2 inch from rim of plate. Fold and roll pastry under, even with plate; flute as desired.

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Roll

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Rolling Pin

Oven

In medium bowl, beat eggs slightly. Stir in remaining filling ingredients except whipped cream.

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Whipped Cream

Egg

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Bowl

Pour into pastry-lined pie plate.

Bake 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350F.

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Oven

Bake 35 minutes longer.

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Oven

In small bowl, mix all streusel ingredients until crumbly.

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Bowl

Sprinkle streusel over pie.

Bake about 10 minutes longer or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.

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Oven

Knife

Place pie on cooling rack. Cool completely, about 2 hours.

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Wire Rack

Serve with whipped cream.

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Whipped Cream

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Ingredients

Servings:

79milliliters

packed brown sugar 1Tbsp

butter or margarine, softened 79milliliters

cornmeal 2

eggs 394milliliters

evaporated milk 158milliliters

Gold all-purpose flour 177milliliters

granulated sugar 1teaspoons

ground cinnamon 1teaspoon

ground cinnamon 0teaspoons

ground cloves 1teaspoons

ground ginger 79milliliters

chopped pecans 0teaspoons

salt 1teaspoons

salt 79milliliters

shortening 473milliliters

mashed cooked sweet potatoes 8servings

Sweetened whipped cream, if desired 2Tbsps

cold water

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern works really well with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try Steppe Cellars Dry Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 4 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 18 dollars per bottle.