Name: Homemade sweet potato pie
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 6-8 servings
Cuisine: Ingredients
Ingredients: 250 ml flour; 15 ml castor sugar; 125 ml butter cold; egg lightly beaten; 30 ml water cold; 625 ml sweet potatoes cooked, mashed; 125 ml butter melted; 375 ml brown sugar; 5 ml nutmeg ground; 5 ml vanilla essence; eggs; 410 g evaporated milk canned

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Ingredients (12)

250 ml	flour
15 ml	castor sugar
125 ml	butter — cold
	egg — lightly beaten
30 ml	water — cold
625 ml	sweet potatoes — cooked, mashed
125 ml	butter — melted
375 ml	brown sugar
5 ml	nutmeg — ground
5 ml	vanilla — essence
	eggs
410 g	evaporated milk — canned

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Method:

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease a tart dish.

1 PASTRY

Sift the flour and sugar. Rub in the butter, using your fingers, until crumbly. Mix in the egg, then add the cold water. Chill the dough in

the fridge for 30 minutes.

2 Roll out the dough and line the tart dish. Prick the pastry with a fork. Bake for 15 minutes, then set it aside to cool.

3 FILLING

Beat the potato mash and butter with an electric beater. Beat in the sugar, nutmeg and vanilla essence. Add the eggs one at a time and beat well. Slowly add the evaporated milk while beating continuously.

4 Pour the filling into the shell. Smooth the surface.

5 Bake until the pie is set and lightly browned.