February Is Sweet Potato Month
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ABC Good Morning America, Chef G. Garvin Sweet Potato Pie Recipe
As seen on ABC Good Morning America, Chef G. Garvin's Recipe for Sweet Potato Pie From his new book "Turn Up the Heat"
Flickr Photo Sweet Potato Pie by bnilson
Ingredients
- 6 sweet potatoes
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1/2 cup of sweetened condensed milk
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter softened
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 2 9-inch pie crust
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Bake potatoes whole for 1 hour or until soft. Cool and peel.
3. In a large bowl add potatoes, mash them then add, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla flavoring, eggs, milk, butter and mix together.
4. Place shells in oven for two minutes to three minutes or until lightly brown.
5. Remove from oven and pour potato mixture into shells.
6. Bake for 35 minutes or until firm.
Chef G. Garvin's Recipe for Sweet Potato Pie Crust
From his new book "Turn Up the Heat".
Pastry for two single crust pies
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter cubed
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup cold water
Instructions
1. In a mixing bowl stir together flour, sugar, and salt.
2. Using a fork cut butter into the flour.
3. Mix egg and water together, sprinkle some mixture over flour mixture until all is moistened.
4. Form pastry into a ball and divide in half.
5. On a lightly floured surface use your hands to slightly flatten one portion of pastry.
6. Roll into a 12 inch circle. Then ease onto pie plate. Prick bottom and sides of crust.
7. Bake at 350 degrees until lightly golden.
8. Fill and bake at 350 degrees until firm.
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Low Fat Sweet Potato Pie
From www.low-fat-recipes.com
- Serves: 8
Ingredients
- 2 large sweet potatoes cooked and mashed
- 1/2 cup skim milk
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 2 eggs
Instructions
1. Boil sweet potatoes until soft.
2. Mash potatoes in a large-mixing bowl.
3. Combine mashed sweet potatoes with eggs, syrup, vanilla, milk and nutmeg. Mix well.
4. Spray 9-inch pie pan with non-fat cooking spray.
5. Pour mixture into the prepared pan and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until knife comes out clean.
Serves 8 Per serving (without pie crust): Calories 105, Fat 1.49 gms, Chol 46.8 mg, Sod 20.3 mg, Carb 20.8 gms, Sugars 16.1 gms, Pro 2.29 gms
Optional: Prepare in a low fat pie crust and top with Cool Whip.
Another Sweet Potato Pie
From www.allrecipes.com
Ingredients
- 1 (1 pound) sweet potato
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust
Instructions
1. Boil sweet potato whole in skin for 40 to 50 minutes, or until done. Run cold water over the sweet potato, and remove the skin.
2. Break apart sweet potato in a bowl. Add butter, and mix well with mixer. Stir in sugar, milk, eggs, nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla. Beat on medium speed until mixture is smooth. Pour filling into an unbaked pie crust.
3. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 55 to 60 minutes, or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Pie will puff up like a souffle, and then will sink down as it cools.
Sweet Potato Chowder with Feta
Hilary Stamper, Organic Speedchef
- Total Time: 35 min
From www.care2.com
Organic Speedchef: Sweet Potato Chowder
Ingredients
- 1 cup quinoa
- 8 - 9 cups water
- 2 bouillon cubes
- 2 tablespoons olive oil (or enough to thoroughly coat the bottom of your soup pot)
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 2 cups fresh chopped kale
- 1 cup fresh chopped spinach
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 large sweet potato or yam
- peeled and cut into small 1/2 inch cubes
- 2 chopped leeks -- white parts only
- 2/3 cup crumbled feta cheese
- 1/2 cup fresh chopped cilantro
Instructions
Put the quinoa in 8 cups of water, bring to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer for 10 minutes. Strain quinoa and reserve liquid.
Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large soup pot over med-high heat while chopping the garlic, and then the potato into cubes. Add the garlic to the pot, and sauté for 20 seconds. Add the sweet potato, leeks and cumin. Saute for another 4 minutes.
Add the water and bouillon (dissolved). Simmer for about 13 minutes.
Meanwhile, finish chopping the kale and spinach. Add the quinoa, kale, remaining leeks, and simmer for 1 minute.
If water doesn't cover all of the ingredients, add the additional cup, or more as needed.
Add the spinach and simmer for an additional 3 minutes.
Add cilantro and feta, and turn off heat. Serve!
Adapted from Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, by Deborah Madison.
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Curried Sweet Potato Chowder
Sweet Potato Soup with Ginger and Coconut Milk
- Serves: 6
Sweet Potato Soup with Ginger and Coconut Milk
From www.care2.com Inspired by a recipe in Southern Living Magazine.
Asian-inspired soup with fresh ginger, lime, and coconut milk combined with beta carotene-rich sweet potatoes to make a zesty and healthful soup to take away the chill of early autumn.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
- 2 garlic cloves
- minced
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
- 6 cups good-quality vegetable stock
- 4 medium sweet potatoes peeled and chopped
- 1/2 cup coconut milk
- 1/4 cup light sour cream
- 1 1/2 teaspoons grated lime zest
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
- 1/4 cup chopped green onions
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- Fresh cilantro sprigs for optional garnish
Instructions
1. In a large heavy-bottomed soup pot, heat the oil and saute ginger and garlic for 2 minutes or so, until tender. Add vegetable stock and sweet potato and bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer around 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until potato is tender.
2. Add coconut milk, sour cream, lime zest, and lime juice and heat thoroughly but do not boil.
3. Remove soup from heat and add green onions and chopped cilantro. Serve hot, garnished with optional cilantro sprigs, if desired.
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Another Sweet Potato Soup Recipe
- Serves: 6
Ingredients
- 1 large onion
- coarsely chopped
- 4 cups (1 liter) water
- 2 1/2 pounds (1.1 kg ) yellow sweet potatoes
- peeled and cut into chunks
- 1 to 3 cups (240 to 729 ml) water
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 dashes ground cinnamon
- 2 dashes ground nutmeg
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) black raisins
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) toasted chopped pecans
Instructions
1. Combine the sweet potatoes, onion and the 4 cups (1 liter) of water in a 10 to 12-quart (10 to 12 liter) stockpot. Cover the pot and bring it to a boil over high heat. Turn the heat down to medium and simmer for about 10 to 12 minutes, or until the sweet potatoes are soft when pierced with a fork. Cool briefly.
2. Spoon the cooked potatoes, onions, and the cooking liquid into a food processor in batches and process until smooth and creamy. Return the soup to the stockpot.
3. Add additional water to create the desired thickness. Then stir in salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and black pepper and heat to serving temperature.
4. Pour the soup into serving bowls and garnish with raisins and chopped pecans.
Vegetarians in Paradise/Sweet Potato
- Vegetarians in Paradise/Sweet Potato
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Holiday Side Dishes With Sweet Potatos
Ingredients
- 8 medium sweet potatoes
- 1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup apple juice
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine
Instructions
Cook and peel potatoes; allow to cool. Slice and place in a grease 2-1/2-qt. baking dish. In a small saucepan, combine remaining ingredients; bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Pour over the potatoes.
Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes, basting occasionally.
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- Always great to find another way to make sweet potato pie - thanks for all your work! Blessed.
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