Sugar-Glazed Sweet Potato Gratin
"This recipe is from the Cookingvillage website."
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 2 1⁄2 lbs sweet potatoes, scrubbed and quartered (about 6)
- 4 tablespoons butter or 4 tablespoons margarine
- 1⁄2 cup packed light brown sugar, plus
- 1 tablespoon packed light brown sugar
- 1 large lemon, halved lengthwise and very thinly sliced crosswise, seeds removed
- 1⁄2 cup orange juice or 1/2 cup dry sherry
- 1⁄8 teaspoon grated nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
directions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F Lightly butter a 2-quart baking dish. In a large pot, boil the potatoes in enough water to cover until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain.
- Meanwhile, melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add 1/2 cup of the brown sugar and cook until melted. Add the lemon and orange juice and bring to a boil. Simmer until the lemon peel is tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in the nutmeg.
- Peel the sweet potatoes and slice 1/2 inch thick. Arrange half of the slices in the prepared dish. Layer with half of the salt, pepper, lemon slices and their syrup. Repeat the layering, then sprinkle the top with the remaining 1 tablespoon brown sugar.
- Bake the gratin, uncovered, until the syrup is bubbly and the potatoes are lightly browned on top, about 35 minutes.
- Do Ahead Refrigerate the unbaked gratin, covered with foil, for up to 2 days. Bake covered for 15 minutes, then uncovered for 30 minutes.
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This is so good. I love the lemon flavor ! Outstanding and such change from the norm. The orange juice is a must!!!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Zuleika L.
Edinburgh
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I am a proud mother of three healthy boys aged 15,11 and 5. I'm originally from the tiny island of Bermuda and have been living in Edinburgh since July 2005.
I've been collecting recipes since I was about 14 or 15 and been cooking and baking since then as well.
I love all kinds of crafts also. In my spare time if I'm not in the kitchen; I crochet, make jewelry, bead, knit, sew, cross stitch, do plastic canvas and quilt. I have a short attention span, so I have plenty of different craft choices when I get bored of doing something. Oh, and I also like to read, listen to music, fiddle with any electronic gadget, collect dvd's and watch them, and I'm an internetaholic! :-) I keep a craft blog at http://hobbyzu.blogspot.com and I sell my crocheted items and patterns at http://hobbyzu.com. I keep pretty busy and being self employed gives me more time to explore cooking! :-)
I'm mostly interested in cook books featuring regular old home cooking and favorites. When I moved to the UK I had to get rid of my cookbook collection. I did keep all my Bermudian cookbooks, charity cookbooks and 'The Foods of Israel Today' and Better Homes and Gardens 'Hometown Favorites'.
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