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Sweet Potato Gratin Recipe ?

16 years ago

Anyone have one?

I have a lovely fresh ham out for dinner and just realized I have no regular potatoes for scalloped potatoes. It's a holiday here so all the grocery stores are closed so I have to work with sweet potatoes.

I'm guessing I can just sub sweet potatoes in my normal gratin recipe but I was wondering if any of you have done that. Better still maybe you have a gratin recipe just for sweet potatoes.

Or I could just bake them like I normally do but I did have my head around scalloped/gratin potatoes.

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triciae
16 years ago
I make them basically the same using cream but with sweet potatoes I add a bit of cinnamon & nutmeg. I top with Panko mixed with melted butter & a bit of real maple syrup.

For more savory, I don't use the cinnamon but add some parm in the bread crumbs.

The ham sounds good.

/tricia
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Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks Tricia, sounds good to me not so much the cinnamon but for sure the nutmeg.

Unfortunately I just mentioned the idea of a sweet potato gratin to Clive and he was not inspired to try it! LOL

So I'll be doing baked sweet potatoes along with the ham.
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Sweet Potatoes with Caramelized Onions
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Recipe from Gail

3 or 4 Sweet Potatoes
1 large onion
olive oil
butter
Salt
Pepper

Cook onions in oil and butter until caramelized. Should take about 25 to 30 minutes.

While onions are cooking Boil potatoes until tender. Run under cold water to remove peel.

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Chase, have you tried scrubbing the sweets, remove any blemishes, cutting into 1/2" strips. drizzling with olive or coconut oil, sprinkling with salt, pepper or Old Bay and oven bake in single layer on a jelly roll pan? They are great and non-sweets eaters even enjoy them. Have only one bushel left from my 09 crop and enjoying them fried as well...these are organic, so simply scrub, slice and fry. Not labor intensive IMO. enjoy.
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A big thanks to Steve! I made Pommes Anna with the sweet potatoes and it was delicious. Satisfied my yen for a gratin type dish and Clive really enjoyed it too.

Thanks to everyone for their ideas.

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