Sweet Potato Puff

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

1. Peel and cube sweet potatoes and boil until tender. Drain and cool.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
3. In a medium size bowl, beat potatoes until smooth. Beat in 1/4 cup butter and orange juice.
4. In a skillet, melt 1 tablespoon butter. Saute' onions. Add to potatoes with salt, pepper and tarragon. Beat in egg yolks.
5. 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.
6. Bake 50 minutes or until mixture puffs and is lightly browned.