Sweet Potatos

[LaReina]

Does anyone know if one can use the purple coloured sweet potatos that are available in lieu of the yellow/golden/ orange coloured sweet potatos. In other words, has anyone tried to make sweet potato pie with the purple variety?

Thanks

[Pink Mist]

I have eaten all sorts of sweet potatoes and luv em, IMHO try the pie with what you haveand if not satisfactory modify your recipe after

[Buckwheat]

Does anyone know if one can use the purple coloured sweet potatos that are available in lieu of the yellow/golden/ orange coloured sweet potatos. In other words, has anyone tried to make sweet potato pie with the purple variety?

Thanks

Try this.....

Sweet Potato Casserole

Ingredients:

4 cups mashed sweet potatoes

1 cup white sugar

1 tsp real vanilla extract

4 large eggs

1 stick melted butter

1/3 cup whole milk (heavy cream works, too.)

Topping

1/2 cup tight packed brown sugar

1/4 cup cake flour

1 cup chopped pecans

2 1/2 tbsp butter

Prep:

mix casserole ingredients in mixer until well blended. Put into well-greased (with butter) 2 qt casserole dish. mix and spread topping ingredients over casserole mix. Bake @ 350 for 50 minutes

[Ulysses G.]

The great Afro-American Chef Latiffe in Chiang Mai tried and wasn't very succesful. I would go for pumpkin pie instead.

[Jet Gorgon]

Nice recipe, Buckwheat.

Never tried the purple ones, LaReina. But if they boil up and taste like the orange ones, give it a try. Geez, UG, I made several sweet potato pies for many big Thanksgiving dinners in Thailand. Always worked for me, and a heck of a lot easier than whacking open pumpkins with a machete. No seed scraping or heavy-duty peeling either. I always used the orange SPs. Very yummy with loads of whipped cream on top. The crust is the prob; gotta keep everything cold when you make the dough -- maybe do it in a walk-in freezer (see the pastry thread here).

[Ulysses G.]

Sorry, but I was talking about the purple ones. Lateef was trying all sorts of stuff, but always seemed dry and tasteless to me.

[Totster]

Sorry, but I was talking about the purple ones. Lateef was trying all sorts of stuff, but always seemed dry and tasteless to me.

I tried mashing some of the "purple" ones with butter and pepper... it came out ok, but it was no substitute really.

totster

[Jet Gorgon]

Then don't use the PURPLE ones. Sheesh.

[Totster]

Then don't use the PURPLE ones. Sheesh.

Hmm.. stating the obvious now eh... sheesh

totster

[Jamie]

I love sweet potato fries...also mashed sweet potatoes. They are better the next day after you reheat them on the stove with some butter.

[LaReina]

Jet!

Where do you find the golden looking sweet potatos in Thailand. Are you by chance in Bangkok??

Please tell!

Buckwheat I will try your receipe tomorrow! With the purple kind as I already bought them and I assume you meant you used the purple ones for your casserole. By the way, have you actualy used the purple ones?

[Jet Gorgon]

They should be in any market/super. The Thais like to roast them on the barbie.

[Ulysses G.]

Then don't use the PURPLE ones. Sheesh.

At the time, Chef Lateefe didn't seem to know that there were golden ones in Thailand and I didn't know until I read it here.

[sceadugenga]

Then don't use the PURPLE ones. Sheesh.

At the time, Chef Lateefe didn't seem to know that there were golden ones in Thailand and I didn't know until I read it here.

If your hoping to get the last word in here General, don't bother.

[Ulysses G.]

Oh.

[realthaideal]

How about Bambina dropping us a few helpful hints so we can ask around for them properly in a talaat? I know of course that a potato is a man farang, and that a sweet potato (greenish tint flesh) is a man kaeow. What are the Thai names of all the other colored potatoes we find in the markets ? Anybody know ? And spelling in Thai would help us say it right too, if you don't mind.

[Jet Gorgon]

I dunno. I just did a market search and always found what I wanted. If you find it, ask the seller what the name of it is for future reference. Did that for dill weed, but cannae remember the name now.

[realthaideal]

Dill to Thais is Pak Chi Lao.