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The importance of sweet potato pie to African Americans has continued through generations. Culinary historian Michael Twitty grows his own sweet potatoes for his pie, an unbroken family tradition ...
The use of sweet potatoes in Southern and African-American cuisine traces back to Native American cuisine. The sweet potato, which is native to the Americas, was likely used by enslaved Africans as an alternative to the yam found in their homeland. Sweet potato pie applies European pie making customs to the preparation of sweet potatoes. [3]
Sweet potato pie [1] [21] Parboiled sweet potatoes, then pureed, spiced, and baked in a pie crust, similar in texture to pumpkin pie. A traditional dessert in African American families during Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays is making and eating sweet potato pie. [110] In the records of slave narratives, enslaved people made sweet potato pie ...
This is a list of notable sweet potato dishes. The sweet potato is a starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots used as a root vegetable. [1] [2] The young shoots and leaves are sometimes eaten as greens. The sweet potato is only distantly related to the common potato (Solanum tuberosum), both being in the order Solanales.
Creamy and sweet, this beverage tastes like sweet potato pie in a milkshake. Cook the sweet potato the night before, peel and chop it, then stash it in the refrigerator. Sub soy or almond milk for ...
Place the pie plate on a rimmed baking sheet and pour the mixture into it. Bake for 1 hour, or until the pie is set with a slightly wobbly center. Cool on a rack. Serve at room temperature or chilled. VARIATION: Swap in 2 cups of pureed pumpkin, butternut, or kabocha squash for the sweet potato. Add the grated zest of 1 orange to the puree ...
The sweet potato pie debate A sweet potato pie includes cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and, of course, sweet potatoes. Everyone has their own opinion on what makes the sweet treat delicious.
Preheat the oven to 325°. In a pie plate, toast the pecans for about 10 minutes, until fragrant and browned. Let the nuts cool completely. In a food processor, combine the pecans, graham crackers, ginger, brown sugar, salt and cinnamon; pulse until crumbs form.