Sweet Potato Creme Brulee

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 medium sweet potatoes, baked, skinned, and mashed
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 quart whipping cream
• 1 cup sugar
• 8 large egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• chopped toasted pecans

Recipe

• 1 combine mashed sweet potatoes, 1/4 cup brown sugar, and lemon juice; spoon potato mixture into a buttered 10-inch quiche dish to form a 1/4-inch-thick layer.
• 2 stir together cream, 1 cup sugar, egg yolks, and vanilla in medium saucepan. cook over low heat, stirring constantly, about 5 minutes or until hot. pour over sweet potato mixture in prepared dish. place dish in a shallow baking pan. add hot water to pan to a depth of 1 inch.
• 3 bake at 325° for 1 hour or until knife inserted in center comes out almost clean. remove from water. cool on a wire rack. cover and refrigerate at least 8 hours.
• 4 sprinkle custard with 1/3 cup brown sugar; place custard on jellyroll pan. broil 5 1/2 inches from heat about 2 minutes or until sugar melts. let stand 5 minutes to allow sugar to harden before serving. garnish, if desired.