Baked Sweet Potato with Pecans
Votes: 1
Time: 55 min.
Complexity: easily
Servings: 4 - 6
Complexity: easily
Servings: 4 - 6
A quintessentially American side dish, made with traditional American ingredients: sweet potatoes, maple syrup, and pecans. This dish is incredibly simple to prepare, yet tastes like it's been carefully crafted, combining the exquisite flavors of sweet potatoes, rich maple syrup, and piquant cayenne pepper. The spicy, crunchy pecans provide the perfect contrast to the soft sweet potatoes. Bake the sweet potato slices in the oven, drizzle them with a sweet and tangy sauce made with butter and maple syrup, and top with pecans.
The recipes use measuring containers with the following volumes:
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
- 1.3 kg sweet potato, cut into large cubes
- 2/3 cup coarsely chopped pecans
- 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
- 4 tbsp (60 g) butter
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
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Cooking the dish according to the recipe:
- Preheat oven to 230°C and position the rack on the middle shelf.
While the oven is preheating, place the pecans on a baking sheet and toast until fragrant, about 5 minutes. Remove from the oven. - Place the sweet potatoes on a baking sheet and drizzle with vegetable oil. Season generously with salt and pepper, and toss to coat. Bake until golden brown and tender when pierced with a knife, about 40-45 minutes.
- Meanwhile, melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Once it foams, add the maple syrup and cayenne pepper and sauté briefly, about 1 minute. Divide the sweet potatoes among plates, drizzle with the butter and maple syrup mixture, and sprinkle with pecans. Serve as a side dish. pork, cooked in South American style.
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