MELTING SWEET POTATOES WITH MAPLE-PECAN SAUCE

MELTING SWEET POTATOES WITH MAPLE-PECAN SAUCE

Hey friends! I’m re-sharing this Melting Sweet Potato recipe, because we’re getting close to Thanksgiving! If you’ve made these before, you know how good they are. If not, (welcome from Pinterest), pull up a chair and get ready to eat the best damn sweet potatoes you’ve ever had. And don’t miss the new video below with step-by-step instructions!

The business of making a starch melt in your mouth is actually quite simple. The only technique required is roasting in the oven with butter. A long time ago, we stopped drizzling things with melted butter before roasting in the oven. Also a long time ago, oven fries died.

I’m not sure when oil became the only acceptable thing with which to roast, but its heyday has come and gone in my kitchen.

I love neutral oils as much as the next chick, but golden brown and crispy, it does not make my starches. I’m back to the butter. Also back: my fat jeans.

That said, the first time I made these melting sweet potatoes, 4 smoke alarms were going off in my house on two different levels. Yikes. The classic melting potato recipe calls for cranking the oven to 500 and cooking in a glass pan.

But with the fire department on its way, a sleeping babe woken from a nap, and two barking dogs, I cursed that recipe with all I have.

Ingredients

• 2 pounds of sweet potatoes
• 4 tablespoons of unsalted butter
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• For the maple pecan sauce:
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 425. Have ready a roasting pan.
2. Peel and slice the sweet potatoes into 1" thick slices, and scatter them on the roasting pan, not touching.
3. Melt the butter, and drizzle it on top of the sweet potatoes. Sprinkle on the salt. Toss to coat, and then redistribute on the pan in a single layer, not touching.
4. Roast for 20 minutes.
5. Flip with tongs, and roast for another 20 minutes.
6. The potatoes are done when they're golden brown and crisp, and the insides are light and fluffy.
7. To make the maple pecan sauce: bring the maple syrup to a boil in a small sauce pan.
8. Add the pecans.
9. Wait for the sauce to come back to a boil, cook for 1 minute, and then remove from heat.
10. Pour the sauce over the sweet potatoes and serve.

Recipe Source:dessertfortwo.com