Sweet Potato Pie with Crunchy Cranberry Topping

Name: Sweet Potato Pie with Crunchy Cranberry Topping
Prep time: 3 h 25 min
Cook time: 3 h 25 min
Total time: 3 h 25 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 65 grams package amaretto cookies (about 12), such as Amaretti di Saronno; 227 grams package frozen cranberries; 1 egg white, lightly beaten; 3 eggs; 296 milliliters all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 237 milliliters heavy cream; 2 Tbsps ice water, plus more if needed; 1 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg; 1 Tbsp grated orange zest; 118 milliliters pecans; 1 pinch Pinch salt; 118 milliliters sugar; 1 Tbsp sugar; 907 grams sweet potatoes, for 1 1/2 cups puree; 59 milliliters (1/2 stick) unsalted butter; 118 milliliters (1 stick) unsalted butter, cold and cut into small chunks

The recipe Sweet Potato Pie with Crunchy Cranberry Topping could satisfy your Southern craving in about 3 hours and 25 minutes. One portion of this dish contains approximately 9g of protein, 35g of fat, and a total of 596 calories. This recipe serves 8. A mixture of butter, butter, ground cinnamon, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy.

Instructions

Heat the oven to 375 degrees F.

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Oven

Prick the sweet potatoes with a fork and bake them until they are soft, about 1 hour.

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Sweet Potato

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Oven

Remove from the oven and set aside until they are cool enough to handle.

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Oven

While the potatoes are cooking make the pastry: combine the flour, sugar, and salt in a large mixing bowl.

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Potato

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Mixing Bowl

Add the butter and mix with a pastry blender or your hands until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

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Butter

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Blender

Pour in the ice water and work it in to bind the dough until it holds together without being too wet or sticky. Squeeze a small amount together, if it is crumbly, add more ice water, 1 teaspoon at a time. Form the dough into a ball, wrap it in plastic wrap, and refrigerate it for at least 30 minutes.

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Water

Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Sprinkle the counter and a rolling pin lightly with flour.

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All Purpose Flour

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Rolling Pin

Roll the dough out into a 10-inch circle. Carefully roll the dough up onto the pin and lay it inside a 9-inch pie pan. Press the dough firmly into the bottom and sides so it fits tightly. Trim the excess dough around the rim and pinch the edges to form a border.

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Dough

Roll

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Pie Form

Place a piece of parchment paper over the crust and fill with uncooked beans or pie weights.

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Beans

Crust

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Baking Paper

Bake the pie crust until it sets, about 20 minutes.

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Pie Crust

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Remove the parchment and beans.

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Beans

Brush the bottom with the beaten egg white and set aside.

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Egg Whites

While the crust is cooking make the filling: When cool enough to handle, peel the sweet potatoes and puree the pulp in a food processor with 1/2 stick butter and a pinch of salt. Measure 1 1/2 cups puree into a bowl. In another bowl beat the eggs and sugar until the sugar has melted.

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Sweet Potato

Butter

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Sugar

Egg

Salt

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Add the eggs to the sweet potato puree and whisk well.

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Sweet Potato Puree

Egg

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Whisk

Add the cream, orange zest, cinnamon, and nutmeg and stir well to combine.

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Orange Zest

Cinnamon

Nutmeg

Cream

Pour the mixture into the pie shell.

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Pie Crust

Place the pie pan on a sturdy cookie sheet to catch any spills. Lower the oven temperature to 325 degrees F and bake until the pie is set but still jiggles slightly, about 40 minutes.

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Remove from the oven and allow it to cool.

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Meanwhile, put the pecans on a baking sheet and bake them with the pie for about 10 minutes to toast them.

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Pecans

Toast

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Remove them from the oven and let them cool. Thaw the cranberries in a strainer set over a bowl to catch the liquid.

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Cranberries

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Sieve

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Put the cookies, pecans, and cranberries into a food processor and pulse them a few times until they are coarsely chopped.

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Cranberries

Pecans

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Food Processor

Sprinkle the topping evenly over the cooled pie and serve immediately.

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Ingredients

Servings:

65grams

package amaretto cookies (about 12), such as Amaretti di Saronno 227grams

package frozen cranberries 1

egg white, lightly beaten 3

eggs 296milliliters

all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting 1teaspoon

ground cinnamon 237milliliters

heavy cream 2Tbsps

ice water, plus more if needed 1teaspoons

freshly grated nutmeg 1Tbsp

grated orange zest 118milliliters

pecans 1pinch

Pinch salt 118milliliters

sugar 1Tbsp

sugar 907grams

sweet potatoes, for 1 1/2 cups puree 59milliliters

(1/2 stick) unsalted butter 118milliliters

(1 stick) unsalted butter, cold and cut into small chunks

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern can be paired 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. One wine you could try is Schloss Vollrads Riesling Spatlese. It has 4 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 29 dollars.