Sweet Potato-Pumpkin Purée Recipe

Glucides nets Atkins™
Style:American
Cook Time:80 Minutes
Phase:Phase 3
Difficulty:Difficult
INGREDIENTS
- 3largeEgg White
- 15ozPumpkin (Without Salt, Drained, Cooked, Boiled)
- 5tbspSucralose Based Sweetener (Sugar Substitute)
- 0 1/2cup, halvesPecan Nuts
- 1 1/2lbSweet Potato
- 0 1/2cupHeavy Cream
- 0 1/2tspSalt
- 0 1/2tspPumpkin Pie Spice
- 0 1/2tspCinnamon
- 0 1/4cupUnsalted Butter Stick
DIRECTIONS
- Heat oven to 250°F. Lightly butter a baking sheet.
- Place egg whites in a medium mixing bowl; beat with an electric mixer at high speed until foamy. Gradually add 3 tablespoons of sugar substitute and continue mixing just until soft peaks form. Spoon onto prepared baking sheet and spread with a spatula to ¼-inch thickness. Bake 35 minutes. Turn oven off; let meringue stand in oven for 45 minutes. Crush meringue and place in a bowl. Add pecans and toss gently to combine. Set aside.
- While meringue is resting, place sweet potatoes in a medium saucepan. Cover with water to 2 inches above potatoes and bring to a boil. Cook until tender, about 20 minutes, and drain. Return saucepan to medium-high heat. Add potatoes, butter, cream, 2 tablespoons sugar substitute, salt, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice and pumpkin puree. Stir to combine. Mash with a potato masher until smooth. Heat through, about 1 minute.
- Transfer potato mixture to a serving dish and cover with meringue topping.
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