Sherry Glazed Sweet Potato

Side Dish

Recipe courtesy of The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cookbook

Serves 6

Ingredients: 
  • 3 large sweet potatoes or yams
  • 6 slices canned pineapple
  • 1/2 stick butter
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sherry
  • 1/4 teaspoon of salt and ground pepper
  • dash of ground cinnamon (optional)

Note: This image shows chunked pineapple and sweet potato instead of slices as recipe calls for. Results should taste same.

Sherry Glazed Sweet Potato

Sweet Potato With Pineapple Slices

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Method: 

Preheat oven to 350˚F, Wash potatoes and boil with skins on for 30 minutes or until tender all the way through. Drain and allow to cool. Peel and cut length-wise into halves.

Arrange slices of pineapple in a single layer in a greased shallow baking dish; place the potatoes cut side down on top of each pineapple slice.

In a small pan, heat butter, brown sugar and sherry together until sugar is dissolved add salt and pepper and stir; pour over potatoes and pineapple. Bake for 30 minutes, basting often with the syrup in the baking dish.

Serve hot.

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