Sweet Potato Pie I

Ingredients

 * 5 medium sweet potatoes (patat)
 * 1 tsp cinnamon
 * 4 eggs, slightly beaten
 * ⅛ tsp nutmeg
 * 1 tsp rum extract
 * grating of fresh ginger
 * ½ tsp allspice
 * 1½ cups light cream
 * ½ tsp salt
 * ½ cup white or brown sugar firmly packed

Directions

 * 1) Peel and dice sweet potatoes into cubes.
 * 2) Simmer them in salted water until tender.
 * 3) Drain and mash the sweet potatoes, removing any lumps.
 * 4) Add to the mashed sweet potatoes the eggs, brown sugar, salt, and spices and mix well.
 * 5) Add cream and extract.
 * 6) Spoon the mixture into windward island pie crust shell.
 * 7) Bake for an hour, or until the custard is set and a knife inserted in the filling is clean when withdrawn.