Sweet Potato Pie appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Sweet Potato Pie · Charleston
Roasted sweet potato puree, brown sugar, evaporated milk, cinnamon, nutmeg and bourbon in a butter pastry shell. A Lowcountry table fixture from Thanksgiving through Easter, silkier than pumpkin pie with deeper caramel.
Sweet potato pie has been a Lowcountry African-American kitchen staple since the 18th century, predating pumpkin pie in the South by decades. The dish has both Gullah-Geechee and broader Southern roots. Bertha's Kitchen and Hannibal's Kitchen run the canonical Charleston versions; FIG carries the elevated take.
Where to eat in Charleston:
- Bertha's Kitchen
- Hannibal's Kitchen
- Magnolias
- Husk