Old-Fashioned Sweet Potato Tart

A delicious change from the traditional pumpkin pie, sweet potato tart is as American Southern as you can get. This version is loosely based on one by Leah Chase, proprietor of the Dooky Chase restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana. There seems to be a lot of confusion about sweet potatoes versus yams and some people even use the terms interchangeably. You can easily find a sweet potato in a supermarket or farmers’