CAZUELA PIE (PUMPKIN, SWEET POTATO AND COCONUT MILK)

Steps:

• Peel sweet potatoes and cut into chunks.
• Place in shallow baking pan in 1/2 inch water.
• Break cinnamon sticks, peel and cut ginger in small pieces, scatter among sweet potato pieces along with cloves and pinch of anise.
• Cover with foil and bake at 350°F for about 30 minutes, until sweet potatoes are easily pierced with a knife.
• Remove sweet potatoes from baking pan and mash.
• Process in blender until smooth.
• Strain the baking liquid, discarding the solids.
• Reserve 1/4 cup liquid, add fresh water if needed.
• If you have too much, simmer the liquid in saucepan on stove until reduced to 1/4 cup.
• Filling:.
• Beat together sweet potato and pumpkin purees until well blended.
• Beat in eggs, melted butter and reserved spice liquid.
• In separate bowl mix together the sugars, flour and salt.
• Add the sugar-flour mix to the pumpkin and stir until well blended.
• Blend in coconut milk.
• Pour filling into prepared pie shell and bake at 350°F for 1- 1.5 hrs or until knife inserted in middle comes out clean.
• If the edges of crust darken too much before filling is cooked cover them with strips of aluminum foil.
• Let pie cool completely before topping.
• Topping:.
• On high speed beat cream and sugar until high peak form.