Sweet Potato Pie
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Recipe type: pizza
 
Ingredients
  • 1 12-ounce dough ball
  • 3 medium to large sweet potatoes
  • 3 strips of bacon
  • 2 tablespoons (30 grams) heavy cream
  • 2 tablespoons (27 grams/1 ounce) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 2 tablespoons (27 grams) dark brown sugar
  • Canola oil for deep-frying
  • 6 ounces (170 grams) whole milk mozzarella, shredded
  • Canola oil for deep-frying
  • 2 large leaves Tuscan Kale, washed and dried, ribs removed
  • Salt
  • Dark brown sugar
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons mascarpone
  • Fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • Maple syrup
Instructions
  1. Heat a medium frying pan over medium-high heat.
  2. Add the bacon and sauté, stirring often, for about 4 minutes until the bacon is cooked about halfway. Set the pan aside.
  3. Set your oven at 500 F.
  4. Wrap your sweet potatoes in foil and place onto a cooking sheet or half sheet pan. Place it into the oven for 45 minutes or until soft.
  5. Carefully remove the foil and the skin from the potatoes and lightly mash in a bowl.
  6. Add the cream, butter, sugar, two pinches of salt and blend with a hand blender until smooth. Reserve 5 ounces of the mix and place the rest in a pastry bag. Set aside.
  7. Heat 2-inches of canola oil in a high-sided (at least 6-inches deep) pot or in a commercial fryer to 350 F.
  8. Put a cooling rack over a baking sheet.
  9. Cut the kale into 1to 2 inch pieces.
  10. Just before making the pizza, add the kale to the oil.
  11. Work in batches, not overcrowding the oil. You’ll see oil bubbling around the kale; when the bubbles subside the kale will be crisp, about 1 minute.
  12. Drain the kale on the cooling rack then lightly season with salt and pepper. Keep in a warm spot.
  13. Dust the work surface with a 50/50 flour-semolina mixture.
  14. Move the dough to the surface.
  15. Dust the top as needed and open the dough to a 13-inch round with a slightly raised edge.
  16. Move the pizza to a peel.
  17. Spread 5 ounces of the potato puree over the crust leaving a ½-inch border.
  18. Add the bacon.
  19. Mound the cheese in the center and spread it evenly over the surface, leaving a ¾-inch border.
  20. Place your pizza into your oven, and cook until golden brown.
  21. Transfer the pizza to a cutting board and cut into 6 pieces.
  22. Sprinkle with a light dusting of brown sugar.
  23. Scatter the kale over the top and spoon dollops of the mascarpone and the remaining potato in dollops on the pizza.
  24. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper and finish with a light drizzle of maple syrup.
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