Vegetable Recipes - Candied Sweet Potatoes Recipe

  
 

Vegetable Recipes - Candied Sweet Potatoes Recipe

Ingredients

Serve 4

  • 500 g/1 lb sweet potatoes

  • 250 g/8 oz cooking apples, peeled, cored and thickly sliced

  • 125 g/4 oz soft light brown sugar

  • 4 teaspoons grated orange rind

  • 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice

  • 1 teaspoon ground mixed spice

  • 25 g/1 oz butter

  • 2 tablespoons medium sherry

  • salt

Method:

  1. Cook the potatoes in a pan of salted boiling water for 30 minutes. Drain.

  2. As soon as the potatoes can be handled, peel off the skins and cut the flesh into 2.5 cm/1 inch cubes. Mix with the apple slices in a liter/1 3/4 pint ovenproof dish.

  3. Put the sugar, orange rind, orange juice, mixed spice, butter, sherry, and salt to taste, in a saucepan, and stir over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved.

  4. Pour over the potatoes and apples. Cook, uncovered, in a preheated oven, 180°C (350°F), Gas Mark 4, for 1 hour, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes are tender and lightly browned, and the liquid has been absorbed. Serve immediately.