Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Pie
Ingredients
- 8 oz potato shortcrust pastry
- 6 oz sweet potatoes mashed
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 oz butter
- 1 medium egg beaten
- 6 floz milk or 3 floz each of rum and orange
- Good pinch salt
Instructions
- Line a 23cm (9in) flan dish with the pastry. Save the trimmings to make lattice strips for the top of the pie.
- Pass the mashed sweet potatoes through a ricer or mouli.
- Cream the sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
- Now combine all the ingredients together and turn on to the pastry.
- Decorate in a lattice pattern with thin strips of pastry and bake in the oven Gas mark 4, 350°F (180°C) for about 30 minutes, or until the pastry is a nice golden colour.
Calories: 232 kcal
Carbohydrates: 35 g
Protein: 5 g
Fat: 8g
Saturated Fat: 4 g
Trans Fat: 1 g
Cholesterol: 40 mg
Sodium: 255 mg
Potassium: 174 mg
Fiber: 2 g
Sugar: 11 g
Vitamin A: 4228 IU
Vitamin C: 1 mg
Calcium: 51 mg
Iron: 2 mg