Name: Pain Patate (Sweet Potato Pudding)
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 4 or 5 baked or boiled sweet potatoes; 3 eggs; 2 tablespoons of butter; 2 cups of sugar; ½ a pint or a little over of milk, a pinch of salt; ½ a teaspoon of black pepper.

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Recipes of all Nations

By Countess Morphy

Published 1935

About

One of the most famous New Orleans sweets is Pain Patate.

Ingredients

4 or 5 baked or boiled sweet potatoes
3 eggs
2 cups

Method

Peel the sweet potatoes and rub them through a sieve into a basin. Add the yolks of eggs and mix well, then add the sugar, the butter, the milk, and finally the whites beaten to a froth. Season with a pinch of salt and the pepper, stir all the ingredients together thoroughly to a smo