October 14th, 2009 §
Things have yet to die down completely around here, so I’m keeping tonight’s post short and straight to the point: Sweet potatoes! Cut, season, roast, serve with fattening (and delicious) dipping sauce.
During the Sunday of Sandwiches, Angela showed me a menu from her recent trip to the UK and one of the side dishes was sweet potato wedges with tarragon mayo. It sounded fantastic, so I picked up some sweet potatoes at the farmers’ market and improvised a recipe this evening. » Read the rest of this entry «
January 23rd, 2009 §
Winter is a difficult season for produce-based sweet pies. With no local fruit in season and any fruit that is on the shelves of Brooklyn stores shipped thousands of miles and zapped of flavor, options are limited. Thus, we turn to the sweet potatoes, harvested in the fall and now stored in cool, dark cellars and bottom cupboards.
The flavor of sweet potatoes has always summoned a sense of warmth for me, making them perfect for a winter dessert. The recipe I created for this pie was pulled together from reading through a number of different recipes, then seeing how far I could simplify them and still preserve the flavor and texture of a classic sweet potato pie (not counting crust preparation). The results after the jump. » Read the rest of this entry «
November 12th, 2008 §
At the farmers’ market last Saturday, I almost tripped over a crate of sweet potatoes and decided it was a sign from the food powers that be: it was time for some smashed sweet potatoes. I picked up about two pounds and took them home, wondering if there was anything that I could add to them to mix things up a bit.
I rummaged through my spice cupboard and came across a left over vanilla bean from the poached Drunken Pears from a few weeks ago. I then remembered seeing a recipe at 101 Cookbooks for Vanilla Mashed Sweet Potatoes, but lacked the majority of ingredients and sizable food processor. The answer was this simplified recipe. » Read the rest of this entry «
