Sweet Potato Pie
with whipped cream
This is my favorite pie. By far. Back when we ran a restaurant, this baby was always the first dessert item to sell out. We could never make enough of it, and for good reason… it’s abso-fukcing-lutely CRAZY GOOD! The sweet & salty crust could be its own dessert, and a nutritious one too! Then there’s the filling, which is naturally sweet due to sweet potatos, so no need for crazy amounts of sugar! It has hints of caramel and a permeating, deep, rich flavor, which is topped off by a lush, whipped cream. I mean, c’mon! PRO TIP: make it one day in advance. It’s best when chilled overnight.
Ingredients

Crust:
1 cup / 120g  raw almonds, unsalted
1 cup / 120g raw hazelnuts
1 1/2 cup /170g of oats, doesn’t matter what kind, they will be blended
100g buckwheat flour, white spelt flour, or white flour
2 tbsp / 30g flax seeds
3/4 cup / 60g coconut sugar or 1/2 cup / 50g brown sugar
1 tsp / 5g salt
1 cup / 100g grated unsalted butter of choice, or coconut oil
1 tsp / 5g baking powder
1 tsp / 5g of ground cinnamon
2 tbsp of water

Sweet Potato Filling:
2x / 1kg of  sweet potatoes (the weight before being baked)
75g Demerara sugar or coconut sugar
1 tbsp / about 35g of fresh ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp of nutmeg
1/4 tsp cardamon
1 tbsp / 15g lemon juice
1 tsp salt
200g of oat milk, or other good tasting unsweetened milk of choice
1/4 cup of flour, can be white, spelt, rice, or oat.

Soy whipped cream:
3/4 cup of unsweetened soy cream
1 tbsp of  powder sugar
about 1/4-1/2 cup of Sunflower seed oil, or a flavorless oil
Pinch of salt, add to taste
A dash of plant milk of choice, if necessary

1.5H / SERVES 10-15
preparation

Crust:
1.
Add all crust ingredients, EXCEPT BUTTER & WATER to a blender. Blend until almost completely smooth, or as smooth as possible. You might need to mix it a few times between blends.
2. Transfer the blended crust into a large mixing bowl. Add the butter and water, and mix it well until you have soft, malleable crust. It shouldn’t be too sticky, or too dry It should be a texture that will be easy to press into the pie pan. If it’s too dry, add a dash more water at a time, or if it’s too sticky, add a bit more flour.
3. Press the crust into the pie pan. The sides should be approximately 1cm / 1/4 inch thick. It will get thicker when baking, due to the baking powder.
4. Heat the oven to 180C /  350F. Prepare a pie pan by putting a piece of baking paper at the bottom, and lightly greasing the sides. Bake the crust for about 15 minutes, until it’s nicely toasted. Then take it out of the oven.

NOTE: (If you prefer, you can buy all the crust ingredients pre-ground. replace the nuts and oats with hazelnut, almond, oat flour, and grind the flax seeds, then you wont need to blend everything.)

Sweet potato filling:
1.
Heat the oven to 200c / 400f. Place baked potatoes on a tray with some baking paper. Stab a few holes in each potato with a fork. Then bake them for around 45ish minutes, until they are cooked all the way through. No need to add oil or aluminium foil or anything when baking.
2. When the sweet potatoes have cooked fully, take them out of the oven and allow them to cool. Remove the peels from the sweet potatoes. Then blend all puree ingredients together and make it reallllllllyyy smooth. Sometimes you’ll have to play with the blender and move the puree around with a spatula to help the blender out. But once it starts getting smooth it’ll blend easily.
3. Pour the very creamy puree into the crust. Then, pop the pie in the oven with the heat at 200C/390F for 30 minutes.
4. After the 30 minutes, turn the oven off but let the pie be in the oven with the door closed for another 15-30 minutes. Then take it out and allow it to cool. When the pie has cooled, put it in the fridge. Allow it to chill overnight for best results!

Soy whip:
1. Add soy cream, powdered sugar, and a pinch of salt to a blender.
2. Begin blending it on the lowest setting. Then, while it’s blending, slowly and gradually add the oil. You are making an emulsion! It should pretty quickly be the desired texture. every few seconds to check and taste the whip. You probably won’t need to use all of the oil in the recipe. Start with a little, and slowly add it as needed. When the whip tastes and looks good to you, it’s ready. If it’s too thick, add a tiny dash of plant milk to create the desired texture. if it’s too oily, add more soy cream.
3. Once the pie has completely cooled, add a nice generous layer of whip to the pie. The layer should be just thick enough that you don’t see any orange popping thru and should look very nice.
4. If you want to be extra decorative, top the pie with some roasted, ground almonds!

Hope you enjoy this one!!!! And good luck!