Crispy Purple Potato Pie
1.
After the purple sweet potato is washed, boil it in water for 20-30 minutes until it is cooked through. After peeling the boiled purple potato, cut into pieces and put it in a bowl, mash it with one end of a rolling pin into purple potato puree; add fine sugar to the purple potato puree, beat evenly, and then add light cream in portions; light cream It is best to add in more than 3 times. After each addition, use an electric whisk to beat thoroughly and evenly, and finally beat into a smooth purple potato filling; roll out the puff pastry into a rectangular slice with a thickness of about 0.2CM; Use a knife to cut the rolled puff pastry into a large rectangular slice and several thin strips; squeeze the purple sweet potato filling on the rectangular slices evenly in a thin strip with a decorative tape, leaving a space of more than 1cm around
2.
Arrange the thin strips on the squeezed meringue; as shown in the picture, weave the thin strips into a cross grid; use the whole egg liquid to glue the thin strips with the bottom of the meringue pie; remove the excess thin strips and place them on the grid Brush a layer of whole egg liquid on the surface. After standing for 20 minutes, put it in a preheated 220 degree oven and bake for about 20 minutes, until the surface is golden and you can take it out. Serve hot, it tastes best
Tips:
1. To bake a beautiful pie, the most important point is to let it rest and relax for 20 minutes before putting the pie in the oven, so as to prevent the pie crust from shrinking;
2. Purple sweet potato, as a kind of purple healthy food, has become more and more popular now, and more and more supermarkets in Beijing can see it. Purple sweet potato seems to be a natural raw material suitable for baking. Desserts made with it are not only delicious, but also very attractive in color. If there is no purple sweet potato, this pie can also be made with ordinary sweet potatoes/sweet potatoes, but the appearance is not so good;
3. Make the leftover puff pastry leftovers of the pie crust, brush the surface with water or whole egg liquid, sprinkle with a suitable amount of coarse sugar, and bake it in the oven at 220 degrees until the surface is golden. It is also very delicious-don't waste it.