Coconut-Sweet Potato Pie With Spiced Crust
Updated Nov. 3, 2022
- Total Time
- 1 hour 20 minutes
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Ingredients
- 2medium sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks
- 1⅓cups graham cracker crumbs, made from one package graham crackers, which has 9 full cracker sheets
- ¼cup shredded unsweetened coconut
- ½cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1¼teaspoons ground ginger
- 1¼teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 8tablespoons (1 stick) butter, melted
- 3eggs
- ¼teaspoon ground nutmeg
- Pinch ground cloves
- Large pinch salt
- 1cup coconut milk
Nutritional analysis per serving (8 servings)
292 calories; 21 grams fat; 15 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 4 grams monounsaturated fat; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 25 grams carbohydrates; 2 grams dietary fiber; 17 grams sugars; 3 grams protein; 74 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Put the sweet potatoes in a medium saucepan, add water to cover by about an inch, and bring to a boil; reduce the heat to medium-low and cook until the potatoes are very tender, 12 to 15 minutes. Drain, then rice the potatoes or run them through a food mill.
- Step 2
While the potatoes cook, put the graham crackers in a food processor and pulse several times until they are finely ground. Add the shredded coconut, 2 tablespoons of the sugar and ¼ teaspoon each of the ginger and cinnamon, and pulse once or twice; add the melted butter and pulse just to combine. Press the mixture into a 9-inch pie dish and bake for about 7 minutes. Remove the crust from the oven and cool.
- Step 3
In a food processor, combine the eggs with the remaining sugar, ginger and cinnamon, along with the nutmeg, cloves and salt; pulse until well combined. Add the coconut milk and pulse to combine, then add the sweet potatoes and pulse until just smooth.
- Step 4
Put the pie plate on a baking sheet. Pour the sweet potato mixture into the crust and bake until the mixture is set on top but still quite moist, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool on a rack and serve warm or at room temperature.
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Comments
Bravo! One of the easiest pies I've ever made. So delicious and the subtle coconut flavor is sublime. I used gingersnaps to make the crust, which was perfect.
This was really delicious! In my hands, it required a much longer baking time, about 20 extra minutes, but I did have two quite large sweet potatoes that I was working with. I roasted the potatoes instead of boiling, and used ginger snaps instead of graham crackers in the crust (and omitted adding sugar and spices to crust mix-- cookies were sweet and spicy enough!). It only got better over the next few days.
whip a can of coconut cream as a topping! i also substituted purple sweet potatoes for a tropical feel.
One additional note: if you only have a 9.5 inch pie plate, I find that you can use 1 1/2 cups graham crackers and a heaping quarter cup of shredded coconut, to bulk up the volume to the require size.
I have made this twice. The crust is killer. I use Trader Joe's cinnamon graham crackers, and add all the spices. Last year we made it purple with purple sweet potatoes, with a silky, luscious texture. This year we used Japanese sweet potatoes, purple outside but beige inside, resulting in a beige pie cured by piling fresh whipped cream on top. Look at the video: the potato quantity is clearer, and he says to mash the potato instead of rice--I use the large slots on a box grater.
I made one with boiled sweet potato and one with roasted sweet potato - the difference was that the boiled one was a lighter, prettier orange and smoother looking. The roasted one was browner orange and ever so slightly more uneven looking. The taste of the roasted one was more intense/flavorful. The boiled one was smoother overall. They were both great - but I would personally stick to the boiled as is in the recipe. I browned the butter for the crust and I would highly recommend doing that!
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