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 Sweet potatoes take on a whole new Southern meaning with, apples, bourbon & brown sugar - some spices & honey
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 The Golden Delicious apples seem to absorb the lemon juice as they retain their pale beauty
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 First roast the sweets 'til they weep. then peel & slice them
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 Arrange the sweets and apples in an alternating fashion...
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 You're making a praline sauce here - just a couple of minutes will do the trick
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 Drizzle the sauce carefully over the apples and sweets
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 Roast the glazed sweets and apples a while longer
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 Baste the dish once to glaze the nuts
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 The finished dish is a treat - especially surprising to those who are tired of the same old sweet potatoes. As good as they are - this is outstanding!
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I am always looking for new ways to present the omnipresent sweet potato. This recipe is pure Southland, with it praliney, bourbon-touched, subtly-spiced luciousness.
There is a good amount of prep time for this, but do not be frightened away - you can get the sweet potato/apple part rolling a day before you need to serve it. It is well worth the effort. This really lights up those Christmas or Thanksgiving dinners, and your guests will long remember the complex and satisfying dish you brought to the table.
When I head for Dallas-Ft. Worth, I usually wind up in a Dillard's department store, and when last down there, I saw this recipe in a special edition cookbook from Southern Living. It really needed no tweaking... but I did anyway 'cuz thats what I do, and this is my version. I hope you'll enjoy it as much as my guests have.
Ingredientes
- 5 large sweet potatoes (I think 4 would be adequate)
- 3 Golden Delicious apples
- 1/4 C fresh lemon juice
- 1/3 C dark brown sugar &
- 1/3 C bead molasses OR
- 2/3 C dark brown sugar (I'd use a super dark Amish brown)
- 1/2 C raw honey
- 8 Tbs sweet butter
- 1/4 C Jim Beam (or other bourbon)
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp ground clove
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 2/3 coarsely-chopped pecans
Direcciones
- Preheat the oven to 400^. Wash the potatoes, prick each potato all over with a fork and put them on a baking sheet. Roast them for 1 hour. remove them from the oven. They will be somewhat yielding to a squeeze, but still firm. Rest them for about 45 minutes, or until you can peel them without screaming.
- While the sweets cool, juice the lemon into a medium bowl and peel and core the apples. Slice the apples into 1/3" thick wedges, turning them in the lemon juice to prevent discoloration and to flavor them.
- Peel the cooled potatoes and slice them into 1/3" disks.
- Butter a 9x13 baking disk and arrange the potatoes and apples in alternating rows. If you have any lemon juice left, pour it into the baking dish, as well
- In a saucepan, whisk together the butter, spices and honey and sugar, bringing the mixture to a boil over medium heat. Then let it boil for 2 minutes to thicken it.
- Pour the glaze over the potatoes & apples and bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes.
- Remove the dish from the oven. Sprinkle the chopped pecans over the dish. With a baster, liberally lubricate the rows of apple and potato and the pecans.
- Return the dish to the oven and let roast for another 15 minutes.
- Baste again just before serving.
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Serving | %DV |
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| Serving Size 153g | |
| Recipe makes 10 servings | |
| Calories 285 | |
| Calories from Fat 82 | 29% |
| Total Fat 9.33g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat 5.86g | 23% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 24mg | 8% |
| Sodium 215mg | 9% |
| Potassium 261mg | 7% |
| Total Carbs 52.57g | 14% |
| Dietary Fiber 2.8g | 9% |
| Sugars 42.49g | 28% |
| Protein 1.08g | 2% |
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Evaluaciones
04 de Diciembre de 2012
It just simply does not get any better than this! I could live on this forever...
04 de Diciembre de 2012
Another winner, Amos. I swear, every recipe you post is a guaranteed home run!Yo he cocinado/probado esta receta
28 de Diciembre de 2012
Like you have confessed before, I tweak recipes too ~ out of necessity due to ingredients on hand, to modify calories/carbs/fat, and sometimes just experimenting. I can only imagine how over-the-top your version of this tastes, because taking the liberties I did with your recipe, it was all I could do to keep from eating several helpings of this scrumptious dish. For a trial run I made a half recipe with these changes: (1) short on time, I microwaved the sweet potatoes a few minutes til almost done but still firm, cooled briefly in fridge before peeling (2) subbed rum (all I had on hand) for the bourbon (3) used brown sugar blend. which is half brown sugar and half non calorie sweetener, and (4) swapped blue agave for the honey. Sometime soon I hope to make this again adhering to your version more carefully. Thanks for the bell-ringer recipe!Yo he cocinado/probado esta recetaEsta es una variación
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- 06 de Diciembre de 2012Always a treat to peruse an Amos recipe and this one did not disappoint! The photo tutorial just makes me salivate! I'll work it in this holiday season and let you know the rave reviews.
