Candied Yam Souffle Food

CANDIED YAMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place sweet potatoes in a medium baking dish. Distribute butter pieces evenly over the sweet potatoes. Sprinkle with brown sugar. Layer with miniature marshmallows.
• Bake in the preheated oven 25 minutes, or until sweet potatoes are tender and marshmallows have melted.

SWEET POTATO SOUFFLE III

Steps:

• In a large stockpot, cover sweet potatoes with 1 inch of water; boil for 20 minutes, or until fork tender. Drain, allow to cool and remove skins.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease or butter one 2 quart casserole dish.
• Place potatoes in a mixing bowl and with an electric mixer, beat on low speed until potatoes begin to break up. Increase speed to medium high and blend until smooth.
• Reduce speed to low and add sugar, milk, butter, vanilla, eggs and salt. Mix well.
• Allow any potato 'fibers' to remain on the beater and remove. Pour sweet potato mixture into the casserole dish.
• Prepare the topping in a small bowl by whisking together the brown sugar, flour, butter and pecans. Sprinkle mixture over potato mixture and bake for 40 minutes.

CANDIED YAMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Boil yams until slightly underdone, to avoid breaking. Strain, cool and set aside.
• In a large container whisk together orange juice, corn syrup, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla and zest. In another bowl, whisk flour and both sugars together.
• Put cooled yams in a deep baking dish, add dry ingredients and stir to coat. Pour liquid over yams and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.

YAM SOUFFLE'

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• In a large pot, cover the sweet potatoes with water and bring to a boil. Boil until tender.
• Drain and peel the potatoes and place in a large mixing bowl.
• Mash well.
• Add the butter, milk, sherry, brown sugar, orange juice, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon and salt.
• Beat well with a mixer.
• Spoon mixture into a buttered, ovenproof gratin dish.
• Bake until the potatoes are hot, about 25 minutes.
• While the soufflé is cooking, make the meringue.
• In a clean bowl, whip egg whites until almost stiff.
• Gradually add the sugar and continue to beat until soft peaks form.
• During the last five minutes of cooking the soufflé, top with the meringue mixture making fancy peaks.
• Return to oven and remove when the meringue is lightly browned.
• Garnish with the sliced oranges.