Best African Sweet Potato Pudding Recipes

AFRICAN SWEET POTATO PUDDING

Steps:

• Boil the water in a heavy saucepan. Drop in the sweet potato cubes and cook, uncovered, until tender - about 25 to 30 minutes. Drain the potatoes and return them to the pan.
• Add the milk, cream, sugar, saffron and cardamom. Stirring often with a wooden spoon, bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat. Reduce the heat to low and simmer, uncovered, for about 1 hour, stirring often. The pudding is done when it is smooth and is thick enough to hold its shape almost solidly in the spoon.
• With the back of the spoon, rub the pudding through a fine sieve into a serving bowl.
• Refrigerate the pudding until cool. Before serving, sprinkle the top with a little additional ground cardamom.

SWEET POTATO PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Spray an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray.
• On a foil-covered baking sheet, bake the sweet potatoes until soft, about 1 hour. Remove and let cool. Reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees F. When cool enough to handle, peel the potatoes, place the flesh in a large mixing bowl, add the butter and mash until smooth. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the sugar, milk, cornmeal, salt and 1/2 teaspoon of the vanilla and beat until smooth. Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish. Arrange the pecan halves on top of the pudding and top with the brown sugar. Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 teaspoon vanilla by small droplets over the brown sugar. Bake until the top is browned, about 45 minutes.

EXIE MAE GARNER'S SWEET POTATO PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place the sweet potatoes in a large pot of water, cover the pot and bring to a boil. Remove the lid, lower the heat to medium and cook until the potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork. Drain the potatoes and place them in a large bowl. Using a hand-held electric mixer, break up the potatoes. At low speed add the sugar, milk, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, cloves, eggs, salt to taste, and combine.
• Butter a 9-by-13-inch casserole dish and pour in the mixture. Smooth the top and bake until the pudding is set, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Cover the top of the pudding with marshmallows, change the oven temperature to the broil setting and cook until the marshmallows are brown and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes.

SWEET POTATO PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 1 1/2-quart baking dish.
• With an electric mixer, beat together all the pudding ingredients until smooth and light. Pour the pudding into the baking dish. Transfer to the oven and bake for 25 minutes.
• Sprinkle the praline mixture over the pudding and bake for an additional 20 to 25 minutes, until the pudding is set and slightly puffed. The top will sink as the pudding cools. Serve warm or at room temperature.
• In a small bowl, combine the ingredients and reserve to use as topping for the sweet potato pudding.

PERSIMMON-SWEET POTATO PUDDING

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together and bake at 350 for about 30 minutes or until brown and sides pull away from pan.
• Makes 2 6 1/2 by 10 or one large pan.
• To make persimmon pulp persimmons must be washed and mashed through a sieve, usually takes 3 or 4 Japanese persimmons depending on size and a large amount of wild ones.

ALL-TIME FAVORITE SWEET POTATO PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 1 1/2 quart baking dish.
• Combine sweet potatoes and eggs in a medium bowl. Beat in the brown sugar, milk, butter, lemon juice, ginger, cloves, cinnamon, salt. Pour into prepared dish.
• Bake in preheated oven until hot and golden brown on top, about 30 minutes.

CARIBBEAN SWEET POTATO PUDDING

Steps:

• Cut sweet potatoes in half, wrap in microwave-safe paper and cook on high power about 20 minutes; 1/4 turn every 5 minutes.
• Remove skin and mash in a large mixing bowl; discard skins.
• Preheat oven, 350 degrees F (180C or gas mark 4).
• To mashed sweet potatoes, add sugar gradually, mixing all the while.
• Add 2 whole eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• Mix in butter with a fork.
• Add milk, blend well.
• Mix in grated rind of lime and fresh lime juice.
• Add rum, and mix well.
• Sift together salt, baking powder and cinnamon; add sifted ingredients and mix well.
• Mix in raisins.
• Pour this mixture into a large greased pan or casserole dish and place in preheated oven.
• Bake for about 50 minutes, or until done.