Description
Fusion dessert using roasted Japanese sweet potatoes filled with creamy custard and topped with caramelized sugar.
Ingredients
Scale
7 Japanese sweet potatoes
⅔ cup sugar
3 egg yolks
¼ cup cornstarch
¼ tsp salt
3 cups milk
2 tbsp butter
1 tsp vanilla
Sugar for topping
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 392°F, wrap potatoes in foil, and roast 70 minutes.
2. Whisk sugar, cornstarch, salt with milk; cook until thick.
3. Temper yolks with hot mixture, return to pot, cook 2 minutes.
4. Add butter and vanilla, cool custard.
5. Slice tops off potatoes, scoop ⅓ flesh, fill with custard.
6. Sprinkle sugar and torch until caramelized.
Notes
Store in fridge up to 2 days. Torch fresh sugar before serving for crisp topping.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: Fusion
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 potato
- Calories: 285
- Sugar: 27g
- Sodium: 190mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 45g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 96mg