Soft & Rich Sweet Potatoes
- 950 grams Sweet potato (without skins)
- 100 grams Butter
- 100 grams Sugar (granulated or soft brown sugar)
- 200 grams Heavy cream (dairy or non-dairy)
- 3 Eggs
- 1 Black sesame seeds
- Slice the sweet potatoes and peel.
- Soak in water to get rid of the bitterness.
- Arrange the sweet potato slices on a heat-proof dish in a single layer.
- Cover with cling film and heat in a 600W microwave for 10 minutes.
- They are done when the potato slices are dark yellow and tender.
- If still hard, put back in the microwave.
- Put the sweet potato slices into a large bowl and add the room temperature butter and sugar.
- Use the residual heat of the sweet potatoes to melt the butter and sugar.
- Roughly crush the mixture with a plastic spatula and then switch to a hand mixer or food processor.
- Blitz the mixture until smooth with a hand mixer.
- Add the beaten eggs (2 whole + 1/2) and mix well.
- Stir in the heavy cream and mix.
- The batter is ready when the mixture is very smooth and creamy.
- Shape the round paper cases into oblong rectangles, or use as is, and pipe the batter vertically as if it's soft ice cream.
- Set a star-shaped nozzle to a piping bag and put the batter in the bag.Twist the end of the piping bag so as not to let the batter leak.
- Start to pipe the batter.
- For the first layer, pipe the batter in a zigzag lengthwise.
- For the second layer, pipe the batter in overlapped circles.
- Mixt the beaten egg (1/2) and 1 teaspoon of water and brush the mixture on top gently.
- Do not damage the piped shape of the sweet potatoes.
- Sprinkle with black sesame seeds and bake in the oven preheated to 200F Celsius for 25 minutes, until nicely golden browned.
- Transfer to the dish and serve.
- It is very tasty while warm but when cooled it is very moist and richer.
- This is a close-up photo.
- It looks like this when sliced
sweet potato, butter, sugar, heavy cream, eggs, black sesame seeds
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/146710-soft-rich-sweet-potatoes (may not work)