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Thanksgiving: Mashed Sweet Potatoes with French Meringue

Source of Recipe


Easy Home Cooking (October / November 2006)






List of Ingredients



• 4 egg whites
  
• Pinch each cream of tartar and salt
  
• 3/4 cup sugar
  
• 3 cups mashed, hot sweet potatoes (about 2 pounds uncooked)
  
• 1 Tbsp soft butter
  
• 2 Tbsp crystallized ginger, finely chopped
  
• 1 to 2 Tbsp orange juice
  
• Pinch salt
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 500° F.
   
   
2. For meringue, beat egg whites and cream of tartar at medium-high speed of electric mixer until soft peaks form. Combine salt and sugar in a small bowl; gradually add to egg whites, beating at high speed until stiff peaks form.
   
   
3. Combine sweet potatoes, ginger and orange juice in medium bowl; spread in 2-quart casserole. Spread meringue over sweet potatoes. Bake about 3 minutes, or until meringue is golden. Serve immediately.
   
   Makes 6 servings.