Meat And Sweet Potato Pie

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
• 1/4 teaspoon allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, divided
• 2 (16 ounce) cans sweet potatoes, drained well
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup milk (not skim)
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon butter, softened
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon finely minced fresh onion
• 1 dash tabasco sauce, to taste

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 in a bowl, stir together the ground beef, breadcrumbs, allspice, nutmeg, pepper, cayenne, and 1 tsp of salt.
• 3 press mixture into the bottom and sides of a 9-inch pie plate up to the rim; refrigerate for about 15 minutes.
• 4 meanwhile, in another large bowl mash together the sweet potatoes and remaining ingredients and the remaining 1/2 tsp salt with a potato masher until mixture is smooth.
• 5 spoon the sweet potato mixture into the uncooked meat shell.
• 6 bake in a 350 degree oven for about 50 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
• 7 makes 4 to 6 servings (depending on how hungry you are!).