Barbados baked sweet potatoes

By á-138

Ingredients

• 3 large sweet potatoes
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 1 / 2 teaspoon habanero powder or any pure chile powder
• 1 / 4 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons grated fresh ginger
• 2 / 3 cup fresh orange juice
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 1 tablespoon Jamaican dark rum
• 1 / 2 teaspoon ground allspice

Details

Adapted from dadt.com

Preparation

Step 1

DIRECTIONS:
Preheat the oven to 350ºF.

Prick each sweet potato several times with a fork and wrap each one in foil. Bake for 1 hour or until the potatoes give slightly when you touch them. Let them cool in the foil while you prepare the pan.

With your fingers, coat a 9-by-13-inch baking pan (preferably glass) with the vegetable oil.

Remove the foil from the potatoes and, when they're cool enough to handle, peel and cut into ½-inch-thick slices. Layer the slices in the pan.

Mix the butter, chile powder, brown sugar, ginger, orange and lime juices, rum, and allspice in a small bowl until smooth. Drizzle the mixture over the potato slices.

Cover the dish with a sheet of foil and bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until they are barely tender.

Remove the foil and bake for an additional 10 to 15 minutes, until the topping just begins to look crisp. Serve hot or warm.

Cat's note: You can speed up the cooking time by microwaving the sweet potatoes or baking them in the oven the night before you plan to serve the dish. Don't wrap the sweet potatoes in foil if you're going to microwave them, and be sure to pierce them first. Zap the potatoes for a total of 6 to 9 minutes on high, turning them 3 times so they cook evenly. If you cut a potato open and it's a little hard in spots, don't worry. Just close it back up, return it to the oven or microwave, and cook until tender.