Sweet Potato Puff
Prep Time: 45 minutes || Cook Time: 50 minutes || Total: 95 Minutes
Servings: 6 || Yields:
Ingredients
- 3 large sweet potatoes
- 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon butter, softened
- 1/3 cup orange juice
- 1/3 cup chopped fresh onions
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon dried tarragon leaves
- 4 eggs, separated
Directions
- Peel and cube sweet potatoes and boil until tender. Drain and cool.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a medium size bowl, beat potatoes until smooth. Beat in 1/4 cup butter and orange juice.
- In a skillet, melt 1 tablespoon butter. Saute' onions. Add to potatoes with salt, pepper and tarragon. Beat in egg yolks.
- In a large bowl, beat egg whites until stiff. Place 1 tablespoon of the mixture into potatoes to soften them, then fold in remaining egg whites. Place into a 1 1/2 qt. baking dish, sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
- Bake 50 minutes or until mixture puffs and is lightly browned.
Tags: Sweet potatoes, Eggs, Orange juice