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Sweet potato casserole in a baking dish

Sweet potato casserole

Name: Sweet potato casserole
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 500g sweet potatoes; 125g butter plus extra for the dish; 125g light brown soft sugar; 150ml whole milk; 3 eggs; grating of nutmeg; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tsp vanilla bean paste; 35g butter; 75g plain flour; 75g light brown soft sugar; 50g pecans chopped

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Serves 6 - 8

Easy

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 1 hr and 30 mins

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Use up sweet potatoes in this creamy side dish. Made with sweet potatoes, milk, eggs and spices, it's topped with a pecan crumble for extra texture

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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500g sweet potatoes
125g butter

plus extra for the dish
125g light brown soft sugar
150ml whole milk
3 eggs
grating of nutmeg
½ tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla bean paste

For the topping

35g butter
75g plain flour
75g light brown soft sugar
50g pecans

chopped

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Nutrition: Per serving (8)

kcal417
fat24g
saturates12g
carbs44g
sugars32g
fibre3g
protein5g
salt0.54g

Method

step 1

Fill a large pan with boiling water from the kettle and set over a medium-high heat. Carefully drop in the whole, unpeeled sweet potatoes and cook for 30 minutes until very tender when pierced with the tip of a sharp knife. Drain well and leave to cool for 10 mins, then peel.
step 2

Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Tip the peeled sweet potatoes into a large bowl, add the butter and mash with a potato masher until completely smooth. Tip in the brown sugar, milk, eggs, spices and vanilla and whisk until everything is combined and smooth.
step 3

Lightly butter a 20 x 30cm baking dish, then scrape in the sweet potato mixture. To make the topping, rub the butter into the flour, then stir in the brown sugar, pecans and a good pinch of salt. Sprinkle the topping evenly over the sweet potato filling, then bake for 45-50 mins until golden on top.

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