Pen Patat (Sweet Potato Bread Pudding)
February 14, 2015
Pen Patat (Sweet Potato Bread Pudding) is a Haitian treat that I love very much. It is made with white sweet potatoes, banana’s, ginger and etc; all those ingredients mixed together make a delicious desert. Since Valentine’s Day is tomorrow I put a little twist to pen patat and used a heart shaped cookie cutter to make it Valentine’s Day appropriate.
It’s not something I make often because truth be told I hate the grating of the potato part; I bet if I had a food processor, it would be so much easier. If you’re like me and you have to use a grater use the smallest side to grate. My upper body strength isn’t the best so I was in pain by the time I was done grating the 2 1/2 pounds of sweet potato… It was a workout.
Before grating them I rubbed the potatoes with lime juice so they wouldn’t darken up on me.
As I mentioned above the potatoes that are used are white sweet potatoes you might see them in the grocery store by the name of Batata.
Although in the video I only show 1 baking dish, this recipe actually makes two pans if you plan on cutting out shapes and if you don’t you can put it in one pan and cook it a little longer, maybe for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
To make this recipe #vegan, cut the sweetened condensed milk, replace the butter with 1/3 cup of coconut oil, add an extra can of coconut milk and sugar to taste, I would start off by adding 1 cup of white or brown sugar and go from there. (I haven’t actually tested out all these changes together so beware; I’ve only tried replacing the butter with coconut oil but I will do the whole thing one day).
Watch me make Pen Patat here:
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