Sweet Potato Pie

Ingredients

9 pie crust
4 sweet potatoes
5/8 c water
1 1/2 miso
1 tb cornstarch
1 pn cardamom
1 pn cinnamon
1 pn nutmeg
1 pn ginger
1/4 walnut

Instructions

Prepare pie crust & set aside. Pre heat oven to 375F. Wash & scrub potatoes. Place in a baking pan, brush skins with some olive oil & bake for 1 1/2 hours till very soft. Cool & then peel. Mash & add the rest of the ingredients. Blend till the mixture has a creamy consistency. Reduce oven to 350F. Spoon mixture into pie crust. Garnish with walnuts. Bake for 1 hour. Chill or cool to room temperature before serving. Variation. Add 1 to 2 cups cooked chick peas to the sweet potato before cooking the pie. Ensure they rae well mashed. "Vegetarian Times" October, 1991