GINGER ORANGE SWEET POTATOES
Ginger Orange Sweet Potatoes are a wonderful and colorful side dish. Sweet potatoes are baked and mashed with fresh ginger, orange juice, and butter.
Provided by Renee
Categories Side Dish
Time 1h15m
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Pierce sweet potatoes several times with a fork. Place sweet potatoes on a rimmed baking sheet lined with foil. Bake until tender, about 1 hour.
- While the potatoes are baking, grate the zest and squeeze the juice from the orange. Place 1 heaping teaspoon of the grated zest and 1/3 cup strained juice in a large bowl. Save any remaining zest and juice for a separate use or discard.
- Carefully remove and discard the skins from the baked sweet potatoes (don't burn yourself with the hot potatoes!).
- Place sweet potato flesh in the bowl with the orange zest and juice. Add butter, ginger, salt and pepper.
- Mash or beat to combine.
GINGERED SWEET POTATOES WITH ORANGE JUICE
The trick that gives you incredible flavor is to cook fresh sweet potatoes in their skin just until tender.
Provided by pamela
Categories Side Dish Vegetables Sweet Potatoes
Time 1h
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Pierce skin of sweet potatoes in several spots with a fork.
- Cook sweet potatoes in microwave oven until just tender, 12 to 15 minutes. Refrigerate sweet potatoes until cooled completely, at least 20 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Prepare a shallow 1 1/2-quart baking dish with cooking spray.
- Peel sweet potatoes and cut into cubes; spread into prepared baking dish.
- Mix sugar, cornstarch, salt, and ginger together in a glass measuring cup; pour orange juice into the cup while stirring with a whisk.
- Heat orange juice mixture in microwave oven for 1 minute, stir, and continue to heat until thickened and smooth, 30 to 60 seconds more; add butter and stir until melted. Pour the liquid over the sweet potatoes.
- Bake in preheated oven until sweet potatoes are heated through, 15 to 20 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 182.5 calories, Carbohydrate 34 g, Cholesterol 11.4 mg, Fat 4.5 g, Fiber 4.3 g, Protein 2.4 g, SaturatedFat 2.8 g, Sodium 254.3 mg, Sugar 10.4 g
SWEET POTATO PUREE
Steps:
- Place a steamer insert or a mesh colander in a large pot and add enough water to reach the bottom of the steamer. Place the sweet potatoes in the steamer and bring the water to a boil. Cover the pot, lower the heat, and cook over simmering water for about 25 minutes, until very tender. Check occasionally to be sure the water doesn't boil away.
- Transfer the sweet potatoes to the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. With the mixer on low, slowly add the half-and-half, orange zest, orange juice, cayenne pepper, 1 tablespoon salt, and 1 teaspoon black pepper. With the mixer still on low, add the butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, until incorporated. Taste for seasonings and mix until smooth. Serve hot.
SWEET POTATO PUREE
At their sweetest in fall and winter, these spuds make a crowd-pleasing side dish. Use the basic version without flavorings to make pie, biscuits, or souffles.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Quick & Easy Recipes
Time 30m
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- In a large saucepan, cover potatoes with water. Bring to a boil; cook until tender when pierced with the tip of a paring knife, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain; puree in food processor.
- Add flavorings, if desired; puree. Maple-Butter: Add 2 tablespoons each melted butter and maple syrup. Serve puree with more butter and syrup. Orange-Ginger: Add 1/4 cup each milk and orange juice, 2 tablespoons melted butter, and 2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger. Lime-Cayenne: Add 1 tablespoon lime juice and a pinch of cayenne. Thin with a bit of cooking liquid, if needed.
- Season with salt and pepper; serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 172 g, Fat 1 g, Fiber 4 g, Protein 3 g
GINGERED SWEET POTATO PURéE
Categories Ginger Side Thanksgiving Quick & Easy Wheat/Gluten-Free Sweet Potato/Yam Winter Gourmet
Yield Serves 2
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Peel potatoes and cut into 1-inch pieces. In a small saucepan boil potatoes in salted water to cover 15 minutes, or until very tender, and drain well in a colander.
- In a food processor purée hot potatoes with milk, butter, and gingerroot until smooth and season with salt and pepper.
MASHED SWEET POTATOES
Don't wait until the holidays to enjoy the honeyed flavor and velvety texture of this colorful root vegetable. Serve mashed sweet potatoes as a side dish to your favorite main dish, and you'll have them perfected by the time the holidays roll around.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Healthy Recipes Gluten-Free Recipes
Yield Makes 3 cups
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Set a steamer basket in a large saucepan. Fill with enough water to come just below basket; bring to a boil, then reduce to a gentle simmer. Place sweet potatoes in steamer basket and cover; steam until tender, 15 to 25 minutes. Drain, and return to saucepan.
- Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, bring half-and-half, butter, and brown sugar to a simmer, stirring to combine; remove from heat. Add to drained sweet potatoes, and mash just until smooth; season with salt and pepper.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 219 g, Fat 12 g, Fiber 2 g, Protein 2 g
ORANGE SWEET POTATOES
"Seconds are common once folks try these wonderfully satisfying sweet potatoes-they're smothered with a cinnamon-orange sauce and dotted with walnuts," writes Bonnie Baumgardner from her home in Sylva, North Carolina.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Side Dishes
Time 55m
Yield 12 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Place sweet potatoes in a Dutch oven and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 25-30 minutes or until tender. Drain. When potatoes are cool, peel and cut into 1/2-in. slices. Arrange in a greased shallow 3-qt. baking dish; set aside., In a large saucepan, combine the brown sugar, cornstarch, salt and cinnamon. Stir in the orange juice, honey, butter, water and orange zest. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in walnuts. , Pour mixture over the potatoes. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 25 minutes or until heated through.
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