recipes:side_dish:sweet_potatoes:holiday_spiced_sweet_potatoes
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We almost always have puréed sweet potatoes or garnet yams with our Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. Usually we just bake them, scrape out the insides and mash them with a little butter and brown sugar. My father found a wonderful recipe in an old issue of Bon Appetit which includes grated orange peel, lemon juice, cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg, spices that you would normally find in a hot mulled cider. The spices give the yams a wonderfully festive holiday accent.
Dan dislikes sweet potatoes with added sugar. Count him out of this recipe.
INGREDIENTS
- 3 pounds (about 6 medium sized) red-skinned sweet potatoes (yams)
- 1/2 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, room temperature
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons grated orange peel
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
METHOD
- Position rack in center of oven; preheat to 400°F. Pierce sweet potatoes in several places with fork; place on rimmed baking sheet. Bake until tender when pierced with fork, about 55 minutes. Cool slightly.
- Cut the sweet potatoes in half. Scoop out pulp into large bowl; discard peel. Add brown sugar, butter, lemon juice, grated orange peel, ground cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg to sweet potato pulp. Using an electric mixer, beat until mixture is smooth; season with salt and pepper.
Can be made a day ahead.
Makes 6 to 8 servings.
source: http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/004178holiday_spiced_sweet_potatoes_yams.php
tags: vegetarian, can be made vegan/pareve
recipes/side_dish/sweet_potatoes/holiday_spiced_sweet_potatoes.txt · Last modified: 2017/12/19 19:43 by admin