Sweet Potato Mini Pies W/ Rosemary Crust

Shortcrust Ingredients:

• 1 ¾ cup flour

• 1 tsp fresh rosemary

• Salt and pepper to taste

• 10 tbsp ice cold butter (cubed)

• ⅓ cup H2O

• ½ cup milk

• ½ tsp olive oil

Filling Ingredients:

• 2 lg sweet potatoes

• 2 eggs

• Seasonings of choice

  • Paprika

  • Onion pow

  • Garlic pow

  • Salt

  • Pepper

  • Red pepper flakes

Topping ingredients:

• 1 small tube of Goat cheese (1-2 oz)

• 1 Lemon’s worth of juice

• 1 Sage leaf for each pie

• Enough Bacon strips to break into large enough pieces to top each pie with a good size piece (maybe a ⅓ of a piece)

Crust instructions:

1. Pulse all the dry ingredients together in a food processor

   1. Note: this can be done by hand with a pastry cutter but I find that using the food processor keeps the butter colder longer

2. Add butter and pulse

3. Drizzle in the wet ingredients while pulsing until it starts to form a dough

4. Turn it out onto a floured surface and knead just until mixture isn’t too wet or too dry.

5. Form into a ball with your hands and wrap in plastic wrap.

6. Refrigerate for 1 hr minimum, ideally overnight.

7. Take out and cut with a pastry knife into 4 equal sections

8. Roll each section out on a floured surface and cut to the size of your tins

9. Press into molds and fill with filling

Filling instructions:

1. Roast sweet potatoes in the oven for at least an hour @ 400* and let them cool completely before using

2. Mix sweet potato with eggs, and seasonings and mash together until well mixed but do not blend, we don’t want soup

3. Fill pie crusts to the top with filling but do not let it go over the crust lip or they will seep

4. Bake @ 400* for 30-50 minutes depending on how big/deep your pies are

5. Let them cool while you get toppings together

Toppings instructions:

1. Whip the goat cheese with the lemon juice

2. Fry the bacon, if it has enough fat left in the pan then use it to fry the sage

3. If there isn’t enough bacon fat to fry the sage then use a high smoke point oil such as avocado oil, peanut oil, canola oil, etc.

4. To assemble put a dollop of goat cheese on top first followed by piece of bacon and 1 fried sage leaf.