Orleans Sweet Potato—Pecan Pie

Name: Orleans Sweet Potato—Pecan Pie
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: ½ cup packed light brown sugar; 3 large eggs; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; Basic Pie Dough for a 1-crust pie; Basic Pie Dough for a 1-crust pie; 1½ cups cooked sieved sweet potatoes (usually from 2-3 baked sweet potatoes, about 1 pound); ¼ cup (½ stick) unsalted butter, melted; Whipped cream or Vanilla ice cream, for serving (optional); Whipped cream or Vanilla ice cream, for serving (optional); ½ teaspoon salt; 1 cup chopped pecans; ⅔ cup packed light brown sugar; ¾ cup chopped pecans

Preparation info

Makes one 9 inch pie; serves about
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Classic Home Desserts

By Richard Sax

Published 1994

About

If sweet potato pie is good, and pecan pie is good, the reasoning goes, how much better to put the two together? In this recipe from Ginger Walsh, a Nashville food stylist and an excellent baker, the brown sugar bubbles up with the butter and pecans to form a caramelized glaze.

Ingredients

Basic Pie Dough for a 1-crust pie

Americas
United States
Nashville
Pie
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface into a large circle about ⅛ inch thick. Fit it, without stretching, into a buttered 9-inch pie pan. Trim off the excess dough, leaving a