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Mississippi Sweet Potato Pone

  • Intermediate
  • 75 min
  • roughly 2 of 4 for cost
  • Vegetarian

rich · sweet-edged · warm-spiced · aromatic Leads with richness that coats and comforts, a sweet edge rounding the corners, opening aromatic and staying there.

Ingredients

  • 800g raw sweet potatoes, grated
  • 120ml cane syrup or molasses
  • 100g brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 250ml milk
  • 55g butter, melted
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp ginger
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • Zest of 1 orange

Equipment

Grater / zester

The words inside

Sweet Potato

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Method

  1. Grate the raw sweet potatoes on the coarse side of a box grater.
  2. Whisk the cane syrup, brown sugar, eggs, milk, melted butter, spices, salt, and orange zest.
  3. Stir in the grated sweet potato.
  4. Pour into a buttered dish and bake at 175C for 55-65 min, stirring once at the halfway mark so it cooks evenly. 65 min
  5. The finished pone is dense, dark, and set. Serve warm.

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