Mary Berry's sweet potato and spinach pithivier – YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Food Mary Berry’ s sweet potato and spinach pithivier By You Magazine - September 6, 2020 A pithivier is a round pie, usually made by baking two discs of puff pastry with a filling enclosed between them. The pie should be slightly domed and is traditionally decorated with spiral lines drawn from the centre outwards with the point of a knife and with scalloping on the edge. We buy puff pastry for this rather than making it, which is a cheat but quicker! Laura Edwards SERVES 4-6 PREPARE AHEAD Can be assembled up to 6 hours ahead and kept in the fridge. 200g (7oz) sweet potato, peeled and diced into 2cm (¾in) pieces 25g (1oz) butter 1 small leek, sliced 1 small onion, sliced 25g (1oz) plain flour, plus extra for dusting 250ml (9fl oz) hot milk 75g (3oz) spinach, coarsely chopped 1 tbsp grainy mustard 50g (2oz) mature Cheddar cheese, grated 320g (11oz) block of puff pastry 1 egg, beaten salt and freshly ground black pepper You will need a baking sheet lined with nonstick baking paper. 1. Preheat the oven to 220C/ 200C fan/gas 7. 2. Cook the sweet potato in boiling salted water for about 8 minutes until just soft, then drain. 3. Melt the butter in a wide saucepan. Add the leek and onion then fry them gently for 5-7 minutes until soft. Add the flour and stir it in over the heat for a minute. Add the milk, a little at a time, stirring until the sauce has thickened. Add the spinach and stir until wilted. Stir in the mustard and cheese and season with salt and pepper, then add the cooked sweet potatoes. Transfer to a bowl, leave to cool, then chill in the fridge until cold. 3. Roll out the pastry on a floured surface until it is very thin. Cut out a 23cm (9in) circle and another that is slightly bigger. 4. Put the smaller circle on the lined baking sheet. Spoon the cold mixture into the centre, leaving a 2cm (¾in) border around the edge. Brush the edge with beaten egg. Place the larger circle on top and press the edges to seal. Crimp around the edges and make a small hole in the middle of the pie to let out steam. Starting from the centre, mark crescent-shaped lines, about 2cm (¾in) apart, down to the edge. Chill the pie in the fridge for 15 minutes if time allows. 5. Brush the pie with the remaining beaten egg and bake for 25-30 minutes until the pastry has puffed up, is cooked through and is crisp on top and underneath. Serve warm, with a dressed salad. Now buy the book with £14 off Our recipes are from Simple Comforts by Mary Berry, which will be published on 17 September by BBC Books, price £26. to order a copy for £12 until 20 September go to whsmith.co.uk and enter the code YOUMARY at the checkout. Book number: 9781785945076. For terms and conditions, see whsmith.co.uk RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Kids can eat for free at these restaurants during October half-term How to make the viral negroni sbagliato with prosecco at home 7 Halloween recipes with serious hex factor Popular in Food Gabriela Peacock 14-day plan Anytime baked eggs May 23, 2021 Joe Wicks’ maple-glazed chicken thighs with Asian slaw June 6, 2021 Mary Berry is returning to TV screens for a brand new June 15, 2021 Eleanor Maidment My summer taste notes July 4, 2021 Uyen Luu’ s sticky mustard marmalade ribs July 25, 2021 Annie Bell’ s white peach bellinis recipe August 8, 2021 M& S has launched a new crunchy Caramilk-inspired golden chocolate spread August 24, 2021 Deliciously preserved pickle and jam recipes September 19, 2021 Gordon Ramsay’ s bang bang cauliflower October 3, 2021 Wow right now Clodagh McKenna’ s speedy family dinners October 24, 2021 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved