Foster Family's Candied Sweet Potatoes
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Sara Foster, author of Southern Kitchen, shares a family recipe for candied sweet potatoes that no one can resist. Serve warm with the syrup spooned over and around the potatoes.
ingredients:
3 medium sweet potatoes (about 2 pounds)
1 cup water
½ cup granulated sugar
½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
4 Tbsp unsalted butter
Juice of 1 orange
1 cinnamon stick
Pinch of sea salt
1 cup water
½ cup granulated sugar
½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
4 Tbsp unsalted butter
Juice of 1 orange
1 cinnamon stick
Pinch of sea salt
directions:
1. Peel the potatoes and cut in half lengthwise. Cut each half lengthwise into 3 or 4 wedges, depending on the size of the potato.
2. Place the potatoes and water in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the granulated sugar, brown sugar, butter, orange juice, cinnamon stick, and salt and bring the mixture to a low boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce the heat and simmer, covered , for about 25 minutes, until the potatoes are tender when pierced with the tip of a small knife and the sauce is thick and syrupy. Serve warm with the syrup spooned over and around the potatoes.
KITCHEN COUNTER:
Serves 4 to 6.
Excerpted from Sara Foster’s Southern Kitchen by Sara Foster Copyright © 2011 by Sara Foster. Excerpted by permission of Random House, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
