Uncle Gregs Sweet Potato Casserole Recipes

CHEF JOHN'S SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 2 1/2-quart baking dish with butter.
• Place sweet potato cubes into a large pot, cover with water, and add a large pinch of salt. Bring to a boil and cook until a knife is easily inserted into a sweet potato cube, about 10 minutes. Drain well. Return to the pot and mash 2 tablespoons butter into sweet potatoes.
• Whisk eggs, maple syrup, buttermilk, milk, vanilla extract, cayenne pepper, allspice, and 1/2 teaspoon salt together in a large bowl until smooth. Gradually mash sweet potatoes into egg mixture, starting with 2 tablespoons of sweet potato mixture, until all sweet potatoes are incorporated. Transfer sweet potatoes into prepared baking dish.
• Mix pistachios, brown sugar, flour, and 1/4 cup melted butter together until completely mixed. Crumble topping evenly over top of sweet potatoes. Use the back of a fork to gently press pistachio mixture down onto sweet potatoes.
• Bake in the preheated oven until topping is browned and casserole is set, 25 to 30 minutes. If desired, place under oven's broiler for 5 minutes to give topping a little more brown color. Let rest to cool slightly before serving, about 10 minutes.

GRANDMA'S SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 1 1/2-quart casserole dish.
• Mix mashed sweet potatoes, white sugar, milk, butter, eggs, vanilla extract, and salt together; transfer potato mixture to the prepared baking dish.
• Mix brown sugar and flour for topping together in a large bowl. Add pecans, coconut, and butter; mix until well combined. Sprinkle over the casserole.
• Bake in the preheated oven until topping is golden brown, about 25 minutes.

RUTH'S CHRIS SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE (TRIPLED)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 13 x 9 inch casserole dish with nonstick spray.
• Combine sweet potatoes, sugar, salt, vanilla, eggs and butter in a large mixing bowl in the order listed. Beat thoroughly with a hand mixer to increase the fluffiness of the sweet potato mixture.
• Pour mixture into buttered 13x9 inch baking dish.
• Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. (At this point, dish can be covered and refrigerated, after cooled a bit so it doesn't sweat too much.).
• Sprinkle the surface of the sweet potato mixture evenly with the crust mixture and return to oven for 10 minutes.
• Allow to set at least 30 minutes before serving.

WATERSHED RESTAURANT SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• TO MAKE:.
• Wash the sweet potatoes and put them on a foil or parchment lined baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated 350F oven for 1 to 1 1/2 hours until they are very tender.
• Remove from the oven and allow to cool briefly before peeling.
• Put the peeled sweet potatoes into the large bowl of an electric mixer fitted with beaters or a whip attachment.
• Mix the hot sweet potatoes on low speed to begin mashing them.
• Add the butter and mix until it is absorbed.
• Add the salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, honey, and both sugars and mix until they are thoroughly blended.
• Add the lightly beaten eggs and vanilla and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Reduce mixer speed to low and slowly add in the heated milk.
• When the milk is incorporated, taste carefully for seasoning and add more salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, or sugar as needed.
• Thoroughly grease a 9x13x2 inch baking dish with the softened butter and pour the sweet potato mixture into it.
• THE TOPPING:.
• Put the brown sugar, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt into a mixing bowl and mix well.
• Use your fingers to work the chilled butter into the mixture until it resembles oatmeal with some large pea size pieces of butter in it.
• Stir in the chopped pecans and mix well.
• Sprinkle the mixture evenly over the top of the sweet potatoes.
• Bake in a preheated 375F oven for 30 to 45 minutes until the topping is golden brown and crisp and the sweet potatoes are set but still slightly loose in the center.
• Serve hot.

MOM'S SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Place a pot of water on the stove and bring the water to a boil.
• Peel and chop the potatoes into 1 inch cubes. Once the water is boiling put your potatoes in for 10 to 15 minutes or until the potatoes are soft.
• Place potatoes in a large bowl; add sugar, sweet and condensed milk, 3 tablespoons of melted butter, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and vanilla.
• Beat with a mixer at medium speed until smooth. Add eggs; beat well.
• Pour potato mixture into a 13 x 9 inch baking pan coated with cooking spray.
• To prepare topping, combine flour, brown sugar, and 1/8 teaspoon salt; stir with a whisk. Stir in 2 tablespoons melted butter.
• Sprinkle flour mixture evenly over potato mixture; arrange pecans evenly over top.
• Bake at 350° for 25 minutes or just until golden.
• Preheat broiler (remove casserole from oven).
• Broil casserole 45 seconds or until topping is bubbly. Let stand a little bit before serving.