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Curried Sweet Potato Squares with Peanut Phyllo Crust

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Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 9

Ingredients

For filling

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

Preparation

  1. Make filling:

    Step 1

    Preheat oven to 450°F.

    Step 2

    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.

    Step 3

    Reduce oven temperature to 425°F.

    Step 4

    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.

    Step 5

    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.

  2. Step 6

    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.

    Step 7

    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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