Sweet Potato Pudding

Ingredients

• One pound of sweet potatoes
• Three-fourths of a pound of fine sugar
• Six eggs
• Three-fourths of a pound of butter
• Grated nutmeg
• Lemon rind
• One wineglass of old brandy

Directions

1. Boil the sweet potatoes till very tender, and press them while hot through a grater (the finer the better).
2. Add the eggs well beaten.
3. Add the fine sugar, butter, some grated nutmeg and lemon rind, and the wineglass of brandy.
4. Put a paste in the dish, and when the pudding is done, sprinkle the top with fine sugar.

— Zach Schonfarber

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Zach Schonfarber
Louisiana Anthology
March 18, 2020