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Saint Lucian Sweet Potato Pudding

Name: Saint Lucian Sweet Potato Pudding
Total time: 80 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Saint Lucia
Ingredients: 2 Sweet potato; 200ml Coconut milk; 100g Brown sugar; 50g All-purpose flour; 40g Butter; 40g Raisins; 1 tsp Cinnamon powder; A pinch Nutmeg; 1 tsp Vanilla Extract; A pinch Salt

Dessert

⏱ 80 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐

Grated sweet potato and coconut milk baked until set — a Saint Lucian home dessert.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Sweet potato pudding is a dessert made on Saint Lucia and other Caribbean islands: grated sweet potato is mixed with coconut milk, dark sugar, spices, and raisins and baked until moist and set. Dense and hearty, it's loved as a Sunday dessert or snack.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Sunday in a Saint Lucian home, brown sweet potato pudding baked on a tray is cut into squares and served with coffee.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Sweet potato 2
Coconut milk 200ml
Brown sugar 100g
All-purpose flour 50g
Butter 40g
Raisins 40g
Cinnamon powder 1 tsp
Nutmeg A pinch
Vanilla Extract 1 tsp
Salt A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Peel the sweet potatoes and grate finely.
Mix the coconut milk, dark sugar, melted butter, and vanilla.
Add the flour, spices, salt, raisins, and sweet potato and mix.
Pour into a pan.
Bake at 170°C for 1 hour, cool, and cut.

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