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Thanksgiving: Upside Down Sweet Potato Pie

Source of Recipe

Butterball.com


Recipe Introduction

Cooking Technique: Bake Prep Time: 30+ Cooking Time: 30 minutes-one hour Yield: 8 servings

List of Ingredients

-3 medium sweet potoatoes
-2 tablespoons margarine, melted
-2 tablespoons maple syrup
-1 tablespoon lemon juice
-PAM® No-Stick Cooking Spray
-2 cups shredded parsnips
-2 cups shredded turnips
-1/2 cup Egg Beaters® Egg Product, or 2 large eggs
-1/3 cup whole milk, or half and half
-1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
-1/2 teaspoon dried sage leaves, crushed
-1/4 teaspoon salt
-1 dash nutmeg




Recipe

-Cook sweet potatoes in enough water to cover for 30 to 35 minutes or until potatoes are tender around the outer edges but slightly firm in center.
-Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine margarine, maple syrup, and lemon juice.
-Coat a 9-inch glass baking dish or cake pan with cooking spray, add margarine mixture, swirl margarine mixture to completely cover dish and set aside.
-Preheat oven 325 degrees F.
-Drain potatoes; rinse under cold water.
-When cool enough to handle, peel potatoes and cut into thin slices.
-Arrange the potato slices in bottom and up the sides of prepared, dish, overlapping edges to completely cover (use smaller slices on sides of dish).
-Set aside.
-In a medium saucepan, cook the shredded parsnips and turnips in a small amount of boiling salted water for 4 to 6 minutes or till just tender.
-Drain.
-In a large mixing bowl or in a food-processor, mash the remaining sweet potato slices (use a potato masher if preparing in a mixing bowl).
-Add the eggs, cooked parsnips and turnips, milk, ginger, sage, salt and nutmeg.
-Mix until well blended.
-Carefully turn sweet potato mixture into prepared pan on top of sweet potato slices.
-Bake in a 325°F oven for 45 to 50 minutes or until set.
-Remove from oven.
-Let stand 10 minutes.

-To serve, loosen potato slices from sides of pan.
-Place serving platter over dish; invert.
-Gently lift off baking dish; replace any potato slices remaining in dish, if necessary.
-Using a knife, lift off any cooked pieces from top of pie.
-Garnish with green onion curls.
-Cut into wedges to serve.