Sweet Potato Pie with Chocolate Ganache
Sweet potato pie seems like such an old fashioned dessert that some forget about it. Normally during Thanksgiving, you only think of sweet potatoes/yams when it comes to a side on your table. This year why not include a sweet potato pie along with a pumpkin pie and have your family see if they can notice a difference. This pie has an optional topping that some might love even more than a plain sweet potato pie. It will be up to you to decide if you want to include the additional steps.
Ingredients
Pie Ingredients
- 1 9 inch pre-made pie crust
- 3 cup mashed sweet potato About 4-6 medium to large sweet potatoes
- ½ cup unsalted sweet cream butter melted
- 3 large eggs room temp
- ⅓ cup light brown sugar
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup sweetened condensed milk
- ½ cup evaporated milk
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- 3 tsp grated orange zest
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Topping Ingredients
- 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Poke the sweet potatoes with a fork and bake for 40 minutes or until tender.
- Let cool, then peel and remove any dark spots.
- In a standing mixture, beat the sweet potatoes, butter, eggs, sugars, milk, and all the spices until combined and smooth.
- Pour the pie filling into the pre-made pie crust.
- Bake in the oven for 50 minutes or until set.
- Remove from oven and place onto a cooling rack to cool to room temp.
- Once cooled, place pie into the fridge overnight.
- Using a small pot, bring the heavy whipping cream to a boil.
- Pour over the 1 C chocolate chips in a medium bowl.
- Allow to sit for 1 minute before whisking until smooth.
- Pour the ganache over the sweet potato pie and smooth evenly.
- Sprinkle the mini chocolate chips on top.
- Place into the fridge and allow the ganache to set for an hour before serving.
- Enjoy!
Notes
40 minutes of the 90 minutes are for baking the sweet potatoes
The other 50 minutes is baking the pie itself. The pie will need to be refrigerated overnight before putting the topping on.
The other 50 minutes is baking the pie itself. The pie will need to be refrigerated overnight before putting the topping on.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 1050kcalCarbohydrates: 123gProtein: 13gFat: 62gSaturated Fat: 35gPolyunsaturated Fat: 23gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 192mgSodium: 535mgFiber: 7gSugar: 92g
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