Recipe : Sweet Potatoes Tangerine
Sweet Potatoes Tangerine
(from The Good Sense Family Cook Book by Gaynor Maddox-cr1966)
4 large sweet potatoes (approx 2 pounds)
1/2 cup fresh tangerine
1/4 cup honey
1/2 tsp grated orange peel
3 tbsp butter or margarine
Wash and cook sweet potatoes in water to cover until soft but still firm, about 30 minutes. Drain and cool. Peel potatoes and cut into quarters lengthwise. Arrange potatoes in a 12x8x2-inch greased casserole. Place 2 tangerine sections on each quarter. Combine honey and orange peel and pour over all. Dot with butter or margarine. Bake in a preheated moderate oven (350F) for 30 minutes, basting frequently. (Makes 6 servings)
**My Notes: I simply adore this dish, and since I'm the only one that eats sweet potatoes in our household, I get this one all to myself! YaY! For those that aren't too familiar with cooking or at least with this style of cooking, you're boiling the potatoes first. Put them in a big pot, cover then with water, bring to a boil then turn the heat down so that it's a low boil. I have cooked the potatoes in the microwave before for this recipe (one night when I was really, really tired but needed to eat and didn't want fast food or a sandwich - nuked the potatoes while I got the rest of the stuff ready then took a shower and got more or less ready for bed while everything was in the oven), but they didn't come out as good, so I wouldn't suggest cooking them in the microwave.
(from The Good Sense Family Cook Book by Gaynor Maddox-cr1966)
4 large sweet potatoes (approx 2 pounds)
1/2 cup fresh tangerine
1/4 cup honey
1/2 tsp grated orange peel
3 tbsp butter or margarine
Wash and cook sweet potatoes in water to cover until soft but still firm, about 30 minutes. Drain and cool. Peel potatoes and cut into quarters lengthwise. Arrange potatoes in a 12x8x2-inch greased casserole. Place 2 tangerine sections on each quarter. Combine honey and orange peel and pour over all. Dot with butter or margarine. Bake in a preheated moderate oven (350F) for 30 minutes, basting frequently. (Makes 6 servings)
**My Notes: I simply adore this dish, and since I'm the only one that eats sweet potatoes in our household, I get this one all to myself! YaY! For those that aren't too familiar with cooking or at least with this style of cooking, you're boiling the potatoes first. Put them in a big pot, cover then with water, bring to a boil then turn the heat down so that it's a low boil. I have cooked the potatoes in the microwave before for this recipe (one night when I was really, really tired but needed to eat and didn't want fast food or a sandwich - nuked the potatoes while I got the rest of the stuff ready then took a shower and got more or less ready for bed while everything was in the oven), but they didn't come out as good, so I wouldn't suggest cooking them in the microwave.