Showing posts with label sweet potatoes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sweet potatoes. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Sweet potatoes baked with honey

INGREDIENTS

·         6 sweet potatoes or yams, cooked and cut in half lengthwise
·         ½ cup honey
·         Juice of 1 lemon
·         ¼ cup oil
·         Pinch of mace

METHOD

1.       Arrange sweet potatoes in greased casserole.
2.       Mix remaining ingredients together.
3.       Pour mixture over sweet potatoes.
4.       Bake at 180C (350⁰F) for 30 minutes, basting occasionally with liquid.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Creamy Sweet Potatoes


Ingredients

·         2 large sweet potatoes
·         15 ml tahini (tahini is a paste made from ground sesame seeds.)

Preparation

1. Scrub the sweet potatoes and cut them into small chunks.
2. Steam them for about 25 minutes or until tender when pierced with a fork. Set aside to cool enough to handle.
3. Peel the sweet potatoes, if desired, then purée them in a food processor.
4. Add tahini and blend until completely smooth.
5. Transfer puréed mixture to a micro-wavable dish and heat in the micro-wave oven at high for 2-3 minutes or until warm throughout.

Serves 4.