Villains Bistro & Cafe

My mother told me if I said my pie was better than hers, she’d never make me one again, so… Byreku im është më i mirë se i juaji, dhe ju nuhatni dhe jeni plakur. Të dua. 🥰.

Ingredients

Pecan Topping

• 1.5c pecans
• 1c dark brown sugar
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1/4c heavy whipped cream (HWC)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp orange zest
• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp fine sea salt

Filling

• 2 large sweet potatoes (~1.5lbs total)
• 1/2c white sugar
• 1/2c all-purpose flour.
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 3/4c whole milk
• 3 tbsp salted butter (room temperature)
• 1/2 tbsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tbsp ground nutmeg

Instructions

Before you start absolutely ANYTHING, put your tatas in a 350° F oven and forget about them for 1-2hrs, maybe longer. Sweet potatoes have a very strong structure and a metric shit ton of water, so they take a while to break down for a pie filling. You can technically boil them, but my mother said that’s stupid. Work on your topping in the now time.

Place your chopped pecans and brown sugar in a heavy pot, over medium heat. Allow the sugar to melt fully before adding in the rest of the ingredients. Turn the heat to low and cook for 10-12 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add in the HWC in the last 3 mins of cooking. Pour deez nuts into a high-walled baking pan.

Once they’re cool, chop a tad more and put them to the side.

Remove your potatoes from the fiery pits of hell, and let them cool for ~15 minutes. If you try to peel them now, you’ll meet god, but don’t wait too long. They’re much easier to mix when they’re still kinda warm. Figure it out.

Put all filling ingredients in a large bowl and whisk/stir until the mixture is smooth. It’s going to be a bit looser than you expected. Panic if ya mama didn’t raise you right. As long as it isn’t soupy, you’re heading in the right direction.

If you think I’m making a crust after all this, you’re smoking crack rock. Child, you better go buy a frozen one and learn how to read.

Follow the instructions of your pie crust and bake the pie itself for 45 minutes to 1 hour at 350° F. Regardless of time, make sure your pie is completely done in the center. Poke it with a stick until the stick comes out clean.

Once it’s done, let it cool for roughly 15 minutes and add your pecan topping.

I loved doing this. My mom has a better recipe, but she doesn’t know how wordpress works. I did this just to give us one more reason to bicker.

STAY EVIL & TTFN