Best Recipe for Curried Sweet Potato Squares with Peanut Phyllo Crust
Ingredients
- 2 large sweet potatoes (about 1 1/2 pounds)
- 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
- 2 tablespoons Major Grey's chutney, any large pieces chopped
- 2 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
- l large egg, beaten lightly
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated orange zest
- 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 6 phyllo sheets, stacked between 2 sheets wax paper and covered with a kitchen towel
- 1/3 cup peanuts, chopped very fine
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450°F.
- Prick potatoes and bake in middle of oven 1 1/2 hours, or until very soft. Scoop flesh into a bowl and beat in remaining filling ingredients with salt to taste. Filling may be made 2 days ahead and chilled, covered.
- Reduce oven temperature to 425°F.
- In a small bowl stir together butter and curry powder. Put 1 phyllo sheet on a work surface with long side facing you. Brush left half of phyllo with some curry butter and sprinkle with about 1 teaspoon peanuts. Fold plain half over and fold in each end to make an 8-inch square. Brush top with curry butter and sprinkle with about 1 teaspoon peanuts.
- Arrange phyllo in an 8-inch square baking pan. Fold butter, and sprinkle 2 more phyllo sheets in same manner, arranging them in baking pan as prepared.
- Spread filling on bottom crust. Fold butter, and sprinkle remaining 3 phyllo sheets in same manner, arranging over filling to form top crust and inverting last sheet so that folded-over phyllo is on underside. Bake sweet potato mixture in middle of oven 20 minutes, or until crust is flaky and golden, and cut into squares.
- Spread filling on bottom crust. Fold butter, and sprinkle remaining 3 phyllo sheets in same manner, arranging over filling to form top crust and inverting last sheet so that folded-over phyllo is on underside.
- Bake sweet potato mixture in middle of oven 20 minutes, or until crust is flaky and golden, and cut into squares.
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