Paul Prudhomme's Sweet Potato Pecan Pie
Updated Oct. 31, 2021
- Total Time
- 3 hours
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Ingredients
- 3tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2tablespoons sugar
- ½beaten egg
- 2tablespoons milk
- 1cup flour
- 1cup cooked, mashed sweet potatoes
- 1tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1tablespoon vanilla
- ¼cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- ⅛teaspoon nutmeg
- ⅛ teaspoon allspice
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½beaten egg
- 1tablespoon heavy cream
- 2tablespoons sugar
- ½ cup chopped pecans
- ¾cup sugar
- 2eggs
- 1½tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- ¾ cup dark corn syrup
- Pinch of salt
- Pinch of cinnamon
- 2teaspoons vanilla
- 1cup heavy cream
- 2tablespoons sugar
- 1tablespoon orange liqueur
- 1tablespoon Cognac
For the Crust
For the Sweet Potato Filling
For the Pecan Filling
For the Chantilly Cream
Preparation
- Step 1
Make the crust: Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add beaten egg and milk; beat about 2 minutes. Stir in flour to moisten ingredients. Turn out onto a lightly floured work surface and shape into a disk. Wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least one hour.
- Step 2
Roll out dough into 14-inch circle on lightly floured wax paper, or on a lightly floured work surface. Transfer to a deep 9-inch pie plate; remove wax paper if using. Press pastry into plate and flute edges.
- Step 3
Heat oven to 300 degrees.
- Step 4
Make the sweet potato filling: In a large bowl, combine potato, butter, vanilla, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, salt, beaten egg, heavy cream and sugar. Beat at medium speed until mixture is smooth. Spread on bottom of pie crust.
- Step 5
Make the pecan filling: Sprinkle sweet potato filling with pecans. In another bowl, combine sugar, eggs, melted butter, corn syrup, salt, cinnamon and vanilla and beat well. Pour over pecans.
- Step 6
Transfer pie to oven and bake for 1½ hours. Cool.
- Step 7
Make the chantilly cream: Whip heavy cream with sugar, orange liqueur and Cognac. Top each slice of pie with a dollop of cream.
Private Notes
Comments
I've made this several times - it's in Paul's "Louisiana Kitchen" cookbook. I make it in a 9" x 3" spring form pan. It's much easier to de-pan that way. Easier to cut when cold also. Best of both worlds - sweet potato and pecan pie together!
Do NOT try to cut corners by using a store crust....it will be much too small; you must use a big, deep-dish pie pan. Sadly - I did, and my oven and I paid.....but, let me say, it was fabulous; my sweet-potato-pie loving husband loved it, and I will make it again, the right way!
I've been making this pie since 1984. It never fails to go over big, especially for those who can't decide between a slice of sweet potato pie or pecan at the holidays. They get to have their pie & eat it too with this recipe! The Chantilly cream sends it over the top-never ceases to amaze me how many people have no clue how freshly whipped cream tastes :-). RIP & thank you Paul Prudhommme for every amazing recipe you've ever given us. Your chef legacy is unparalleled.
Really good, but way too sweet. I will make this again, buy with a few modifications. Start with a regular shortbread crust, the egg addition makes it dense. Check your sweet potatoes before adding sugar to that layer, they may only need a tablespoon or two. I used maple syrup in place of corn, and if possible, I will skip any sugar addition to that layer. The syrup is sweet enough.
Could one use a graham cracker crust with this pie?
This pie at K-Paul's came after a prix fixe dinner menu that stuffed me to discomfort. The food was all so good I couldn't stop myself, but did declare a firm no to the dessert course. My wife and I decided to just have a bite to try it, as the slice was pretty huge, and there is was, sitting in front of us. Needless to say, we finished all of it. I enjoyed that pie a number of times until they closed, which was a very sad day. Made at home with this recipe is good, but K-Paul's was better.