By Judith Yamada, The Kitchen Maven
Though the names candy potato and yam are used interchangeably, these tubers belong to separate plant households and are fairly totally different. The truth is, candy potatoes aren’t even an in depth relative to potatoes.
This starchy root vegetable is lengthy and tapered with a clean pores and skin that may range in colour from beige to orange, brown or purple. Pale beige or mild golden fleshed candy potatoes have a a lot drier texture than the darker fleshed orange selection and are additionally much less candy. This strong (darkish or mild) vegetable has a storage lifetime of round three months if stored in a cool dry place.
The brilliant orange number of candy potato is what Individuals are usually used to discovering on the grocery retailer, and the variability we most frequently serve at our vacation tables. They’re fluffy and candy and scrumptious in each dessert and savory recipes.
As for the well being advantages of candy potatoes: Orange fleshed candy potatoes are wealthy in beta-carotene which converts to vitamin A (an antioxidant) within the physique. Vitamin A helps imaginative and prescient and a wholesome immune system. They’re a dependable supply of B6, a regulator of metabolism, and are wealthy in vitamin C, potassium, and fiber. Unimaginable that a mean sized candy potato accommodates solely 135 energy.
Nicely, it’s not too quickly to plan these vacation meals – particularly when you’re the chief cook dinner and bottle washer. So, again to the “quandary”; what vacation worthy candy potato dishes may adorn our vacation tables with out ruining all these glowing candy potato details I simply shared with you? How about recipes that aren’t slathered in globs of marshmallow and brown sugar?
Following are recipes for Cajun Candy Potato Biscuits and for Scalloped Apples & Candy Potatoes with Walnuts & Cranberries. Each are in my just lately revealed Cookbook, “Thrifty Consolation Cooking for Difficult Instances” and 100% of creator royalties go on to the Oregon Meals Financial institution to help of us coping with meals insecurity. The cookbook is out there on each Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com. It’s an eclectic cookbook to swimsuit all diets and accommodates over 100 recipes. Thanks to your assist. Hope you take pleasure in these tasty unique recipes. www.kitchenmaven.org
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These tender, low fats biscuits are an ideal manner to make use of up additional candy potatoes (or yams). I typically bake an additional candy potato for dinner and use it to arrange these barely candy and spicy biscuits inside a few days. They arrive collectively shortly and include extra fiber and nutritional vitamins than conventional biscuits. Serve sizzling from the oven or heat with butter, jam, honey, cream cheese or sharp cheese or serve on the aspect with a bowl of soup, beans or stew.
Preheat oven to 425 F. Line a steel baking pan with parchment or foil.
2 cups whole-wheat pastry flour or white whole-wheat flour (all goal flour works too)
1 Tablespoon baking powder
¾ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 Tablespoon sugar
1/8 – ¼ teaspoon floor cayenne pepper
¼ teaspoon floor cinnamon
¼ teaspoon floor ginger OR nutmeg
¾ cup cooked, peeled, mashed candy potato or yam (canned works too)
2 Tablespoons melted butter or margarine OR refined coconut oil
½ cup milk (any sort, unsweetened and unflavored)
Mix dry components in medium giant bowl. Whisk nicely.
In a smaller bowl, mix the mashed candy potato, melted butter and milk, stirring nicely.
Stir the moist combination into the dry combination.
Knead the dough 5 or 6 instances, turning the dough over itself to create layers.
Flatten dough to ¾ inch thickness.
Reduce with a 2-½ inch biscuit cutter.
If you need biscuits with frivolously crisp browned outsides, evenly area biscuits in ready pan in order that they aren’t touching. If you need them throughout smooth, place them nearer collectively.
Bake the biscuits within the preheated oven for 12-Quarter-hour, or till bottoms are golden.
Yields about 12 biscuits.
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(Gluten free and vegan or vegetarian)
Individuals appear eternally searching for a greater candy potato or yam recipe; one thing easy and healthful (sans marshmallows – please) but beautiful to have a look at and even higher if it’s stuffed with each diet and taste. Do this unique recipe for spiced scalloped apples and yams (candy potatoes) with toasted walnuts and Oregon cranberries. It takes about 10 minutes to prep and bakes with none checking and fussing. It makes a sexy (cheap) presentation for a special day, and also you’ll be delighted with the simplicity and the style.
1 Tablespoon salted butter or vegan margarine, for baking pan
2 or 3 medium Oregon garnet yams or candy potatoes, peeled and sliced in ½ inch thick slices
3 or 4 giant Oregon apples (two varieties if potential: (Fuji, Pink Woman, Golden Scrumptious), cored, partly peeled (in strips) and sliced in ¾ inch thick slices
¾ cup walnut chunks
½ cup uncooked Oregon cranberries – unsweetened (recent or frozen)
¼ cup salted butter OR vegan margarine, melted
1/3 cup actual maple syrup OR honey
½ teaspoon floor cinnamon
½ teaspoon freshly floor black pepper
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated
¼ teaspoon floor cardamom OR floor coriander
Generously grease a 9” x 13” oven secure glass or ceramic baking pan with butter or vegan margarine. Preheat oven to 375º F. Place oven rack in middle place
Alternate yam and apple slices (scallop) decoratively, in rows, in ready baking pan
Sprinkle walnuts and cranberries over yams and apples:
Within the saucepan used to soften the butter, mix the butter with maple syrup (or honey) cinnamon, black pepper, salt, nutmeg and cardamom (or coriander). Pour syrup or honey combination evenly over all within the baking dish.
Bake, coated with foil, at 375 F. for round 35 – 45 minutes. Take away from oven; uncover and serve. That is wholesome, colourful and nearly like consuming dessert. An excellent aspect dish with poultry, pork, bean and rice herb pilaf or stuffed winter squash. Serves 4.
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