Sweet potato casserole

Dessert with 12 ingredients.

Servings: 8

Total time: 110 minutes

Ingredients

• 35 gram butter
• 75 gram light brown soft sugar
• 3 eggs
• 50 gram pecans chopped
• 75 gram plain flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
• 125 gram butter plus extra for the dish
• 150 millilitre whole milk
• grating of nutmeg
• 125 gram light brown soft sugar
• 500 gram sweet potatoes
• 0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Method

1. Fill a large pan with boiling water from the kettle and set over a medium-high heat. Carefully drop in the whole, unpeeled sweet potatoes and cook for 30 minutes until very tender when pierced with the tip of a sharp knife. Drain well and leave to cool for 10 mins, then peel.
2. Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Tip the peeled sweet potatoes into a large bowl, add the butter and mash with a potato masher until completely smooth. Tip in the brown sugar, milk, eggs, spices and vanilla and whisk until everything is combined and smooth.
3. Lightly butter a 20 x 30cm baking dish, then scrape in the sweet potato mixture. To make the topping, rub the butter into the flour, then stir in the brown sugar, pecans and a good pinch of salt. Sprinkle the topping evenly over the sweet potato filling, then bake for 45-50 mins until golden on top.