Sweet Potato and Goats Cheese Pie

Submitted by PinkCherryBlossom

"just flippin good and gooey."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• For the pastry

• 175 g plain flour
• 150 g butter
• 50 g vegetarian parmesan cheese, grated
• 1 egg yolk

• For the filling

• 450 g leeks, trimmed and sliced
• 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, chopped
• 350 g sweet potatoes, chunked
• 150 ml dry white wine
• 150 ml vegetable stock
• 300 ml double cream, aka heavy cream
• 200 g goat cheese, cubed
• 1 medium egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon black pepper

directions

1. First make the pastry.
2. Sift the flour into a bowl and rub in half the butter until it resembles breadcrumbs. Add 2/3 of the parmesan. Beat the egg yolk with 2 tbsp of water and add to mixture to form a soft dough. Wrap in clingfilm and place in fridge for 20 minutes.
3. Heat oven to 190°C.
4. Melt the remaining butter in a frying pan and fry the leeks, potato and thyme for 10 minutes.
5. Add wine and stock and bring to the boil. Boil rapidly until the liquid is reduced by 50%.Add the cream and bring to the boil and boil rapidly until the sauce resembles thick cream,.
6. Place mix in a large pie dish and scatter with the cheese.
7. Roll the pastry into a circle large enough to cover the pie dish. Brush the rim with a little water and cover the pie. Trim any excess and make decorations if you wish.
8. Brush the pastry with the egg.
9. Scatter the pie with the remaining parmesan and black pepper.
10. Cook for 35 minutes until golden brown.

Reviews

[hallfamilyassorted]

This has been our family's Thanksgiving main dish for nearly 20 years. We only make it once a year, as it is very rich, but it is absolutely delicious. We do modify it just a touch: cut stock to 100ml, sometimes cut cream to 250ml, and only cook the leeks, thyme, and sweet potato for a few minutes before adding the white wine (otherwise, by the time the cream has thickened, the sweet potato is mush). We've made it in a fairly shallow casserole dish, and also (doubled) in a lasagna pan. Usually we make the pastry in a food processor. The type of goat cheese can completely change the flavor, so be sure to choose one you like! Some years we make two pies, one with Bucheron and one with goat cheddar, to keep everyone happy. Note: original article attributes this recipe to Lorna Brash. As to not having a scale, yes, that makes it tricky, but it can be done. Once you start using a scale for cooking, and especially baking, you'll never go back, though!

 

[KT9791]

I was very optimistic about this non-traditional sweet potato recipe, but never made it past the crust. I had to search high and low for a scale which could tell me about many sweet potatoes makes 350g. I was NOT happy about struggling to make the conversions. <br/>The dough was WAY too much for one pie, and very wet. The directions were not easy to follow, and since I was in a rush, I scrapped the whole thing and made something else. :(