Sweet Potato Pie With Three Nut Topping Recipes

SWEET POTATO PIE WITH 3-NUT TOPPING

Steps:

• CRUST: Coarsely grind the nuts in a food processor.
• Add the remaining dry ingredients and blend one or two pulses.
• Add the butter and blend in pulses until moist crumbs form.
• Press the mixture into the bottom and up about 1 1/2 inches of the sides of a 9-inch spring-form pan or pie plate.
• Refrigerate.
• FILLING: Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Wash and dry the sweet potatoes, prick all over with a fork, put on a baking sheet and roast until tender, about an hour depending on their size.
• Cool, peel, and puree the flesh in a food processor until very smooth.
• Transfer to a bowl.
• Add the eggs and mix.
• In a small saucepan, heat the butter until it has melted and has turned brown (buerre noisette- brown butter).
• DO NOT BURN IT.
• Add the sugar, honey, and spices and mix, then let cook, stirring, for about a minute.
• Remove from the heat, add the cream and whisk.
• Let cool slightly, then add to the sweet potato puree.
• Blend until very, very smooth.
• Pour the filling into the crust.
• Bake until set; the center will move only slightly when shaken, about 40 minutes.
• If it looks like it is getting too brown, cover with foil.
• TOPPING: About 10 minutes before the pie is done, prepare the topping by stirring the butter, brown sugar and honey in a heavy saucepan over low heat until the sugar dissolves completely.
• Increase the heat and boil for 1 minute.
• Mix in the nuts, mixing to make sure they are completely coated with the sugar mixture.
• Pour the topping over the cooked pie, then continue baking for about 5 minutes.
• Transfer to a rack and cool completely.
• NOTE: When in doubt, make the pie wait for the topping, not the topping for the pie.
• If the topping isn't poured onto the pie while in a semi-liquid state, it will solidify and you won't get it to spread over top of the pie.
• NOTE 2: The topping is extremely brittle- be very careful when cutting this pie into slices.

SWEET POTATO PIE WITH THREE-NUT TOPPING

Steps:

• For Crust: Coarsely grind all nuts in processor. Blend in graham cracker crumbs, sugar and pumpkin pie spice. Add butter and blend in using on/off turns until moist crumbs form. Press crumbs onto bottom and sides of 9-inch deep-dish glass pie dish. Set aside.
• For Filling: Preheat oven to 350°F. Bake sweet potatoes until tender, about 1 hour. Cool potatoes; peel. Puree in processor. Transfer to bowl and whisk in eggs. Cook butter in heavy medium skillet over medium heat until melted and brown. Add sugar, honey and pumpkin pie spice and boil 1 minute, stirring constantly. Whisk in cream. Add butter mixture to potato puree; blend until smooth.
• Pour filling into crust. Bake until center moves only slightly when pan is shaken, covering with foil if crust browns too quickly, about 40 minutes.
• Meanwhile, Prepare Topping: Stir first 3 ingredients in heavy medium saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat and boil 1 minute. Mix in nuts, coating completely.
• Spoon hot nut mixture over pie. Continue baking until topping bubbles, about 5 minutes. Transfer to rack and cool completely.

SWEET POTATO PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Bake sweet potatoes until fork-tender, 40 to 50 minutes. Cool until easily handled.
• Peel and mash sweet potatoes. Make sure all lumps are removed, straining if necessary.
• Lightly beat eggs. Blend together eggs and sweet potatoes. Stir in sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. Blend in cream. Pour into pie shell.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 45 to 55 minutes, or until knife inserted halfway between center and edge of pie comes out clean. Cool completely on a rack.
• Make the caramelized pecan topping. Combine butter or margarine, brown sugar, and pecans. Gently drop by spoonfuls over cooled pie to cover top. Broil 5 inches below heat until mixture begins to bubble, about 3 minutes. Watch carefully, if cooked too long, top will turn syrupy. Cool on rack.

SWEET POTATO PIE WITH PECAN TOPPING

Steps:

• To make the sweet potato puree, cover sweet potatoes with water in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil; cook until tender when pierced with the tip of a paring knife, about 15 minutes. Drain; puree in a food processor until completely smooth. Let cool completely before using (refrigerate or freeze for quicker cooling).
• To make filling, preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl, whisk eggs, 1/3 cup brown sugar, and maple syrup until smooth. Add sweet-potato puree, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and 3/4 cup cream; whisk until completely smooth. Place cooled crust on a rimmed baking sheet; pour filling into crust. (If using a store-bought crust, defrost 10 minutes; prick bottom all over with a fork.)
• Bake pie on lowest rack of oven until filling is set, about 50 minutes. If crust browns too quickly, tent edges with foil. Transfer pie to a rack to cool, 1 hour; transfer to refrigerator to cool completely.
• To make the pecan topping, melt butter over medium heat in a medium saucepan. Add remaining 1/2 cup light-brown sugar and pecans. Cook, stirring, until sugar is incorporated and the mixture is smooth, about 3 minutes. Stir in remaining tablespoon cream; let cool 1 to 2 minutes. Pour mixture over cooled pie. With a butter knife or spatula, spread mixture over pie. Cool until topping has hardened, about 30 minutes. (Do not refrigerate again; keep pie in a cool place up to 6 hours.)

SWEET POTATO PIE WITH THREE NUT TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425.
• FILLING: Whisk together sugar, flour, baking powder,salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice.
• Skin potatoes, place in bowl and mash well.
• Add butter and stir into potatoes with wooden spoon.
• Blend in dry ingredients and stir until smooth.
• Add lemon juice, vanillaand lemon extract.
• Stir to incorporate.
• Lightly beat egg in small bowl and stir in half and half.
• Stir egg mixture into potato mixture.
• Pour filling into unbaked 9" pie shell.
• Bake for 15 minutes at 425, reduce temperature to 375 and bake for 40- 45 minutes longer until top is puffy and bottom crust is golden brown.
• THREE NUT TOPPING: In medium sauce panover low heat, stir butter, sugar and honey until sugar dissolves.
• Increase heat and boil for 1 minute.
• Remove from heat.
• Mix in nuts coating completely.
• Spoon over hot pie.
• Bake for about 5 minutes or until topping begins to bubble.
• Remove from oven and cool completely.

SWEET POTATO PIE WITH A THREE NUT TOPPING

Steps:

• For the crust: Coarsely grind all nuts in the food processor.
• Blend in graham cracker crumbs, sugar and pumpkin pie spice.
• Add butter and blend in using on/off turns until moist crumbs form.
• Press crumbs onto bottom and sides of 9-inch deep-dish glass pie dish.
• Set aside.
• For the filling: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Bake sweet potatoes until tender, about 1 hour.
• Cool potatoes and peel.
• Puree in the food processor.
• Transfer to a bowl and whisk in eggs.
• Cook butter in a heavy medium skillet over medium heat until melted and brown.
• Add sugar, honey and pumpkin pie spice and boil 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Whisk in cream.
• Add butter mixture to potato puree and blend until smooth.
• Pour the filling into the crust.
• Bake until center moves only slightly when the pan is shaken, covering with foil if crust browns too quickly, about 40 minutes.
• Meanwhile, prepare the topping: Stir the first 3 ingredients in a heavy medium saucepan over low heat until the sugar dissolves.
• Increase the heat and boil 1 minute.
• Mix in nuts, coating them completely.
• Spoon hot nut mixture over the pie.
• Continue baking until the topping bubbles, about 5 minutes.
• Transfer to a rack and cool completely.