Smokey Sweet Potato Souffle

Ingredients

• 1 pound bacon sliced
• 1  chipotle in adobo chopped
• 5  eggs separated
• 10 servings kosher salt and pepper black freshly ground
• 0.3 cup grade b maple syrup 
• 5 pounds sweet potatoes with a knife

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• paper towels
• oven
• baking pan

Directions

1. Watch how to make this recipe.
2. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
3. Roast the potatoes on sheet tray until fully cooked, about 1 hour. Set aside until cool enough to handle.
4. Meanwhile cook the bacon in large skillet over medium-high heat until crisp.
5. Remove and drain on paper towels, reserving the rendered bacon fat. Chop bacon and set aside, reserving 1/4 cup for garnish.
6. Peel the sweet potatoes and mash.
7. Add the potatoes to a large bowl. Stir in the chopped chipotle, adobe sauce, maple syrup, chopped bacon and egg yolks.
8. Mix together until combined. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.
9. In a separate large bowl, whip the egg whites until stiff peaks form.
10. Add 1/3 of whipped egg whites to sweet potato mixture and fold to create a lighter base. Fold in remaining whites until just incorporated, leaving some white streaks.
11. Grease a 2 quart baking dish with some of the reserved bacon fat and gently pour in sweet potato souffle mixture.
12. Sprinkle with the remaining chopped bacon.
13. Put the baking dish on a sheet tray and bake 40 minutes. Enjoy!