Fried Sweet Potatoes With Molasses Food

GRILLED SWEET POTATO WEDGES WITH ORANGE-MOLASSES BUTTER

Steps:

• Bring the sweet potatoes to a boil in a large pot of salted water. Cook until just tender when pierced with a knife, 10 to 15 minutes. Drain and cool slightly.
• Combine the butter, molasses, orange zest and cinnamon in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Mash with a fork to blend.
• Heat a grill to medium-high. Cut each sweet potato into 6 to 8 wedges; brush with canola oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill the wedges until golden brown, about 3 minutes per side. Remove the sweet potatoes to a platter; immediately brush them with the orange-molasses butter and sprinkle with the green onions. Serve.

FRIED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Heat the vegetable oil in a very large, deep pot or heat an electric fryer to 360 degrees F.
• Fry the sweet potatoes, in batches, until golden brown, about 8 minutes. Drain on paper towels.
• Sprinkle with salt and Essence, to taste, and serve hot.
• Combine all ingredients thoroughly.
• Recipe from "New New Orleans Cooking", by Emeril Lagasse and Jessie Tirsch. Published by William Morrow, 1993.

SWEET POTATOES GLAZED WITH MOLASSES, PECANS AND BOURBON

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Combine the butter, molasses, brown sugar and cayenne in a medium saucepan and cook over medium heat until smooth, about 5 minutes. Increase the heat to high, add the bourbon and cook for 2 minutes to allow alcohol to burn out. Season with salt and pepper.
• Put the potatoes in a large baking dish, pour the molasses mixture over and toss to coat. Roast in the oven, stirring a few times, until the potatoes are cooked through and glazed, about 20 minutes. Remove to a platter and top with the pecans.
• Alternatively, this can be done in a large saute pan: Melt the butter, molasses, brown sugar and cayenne over medium heat. Add the bourbon and let the alcohol cook out. Add the potatoes and cook until glazed over medium-high heat. Transfer to a platter and top with the pecans.

FRIED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add peeled sweet potatoes, and boil for about 4 minutes. Remove from water, and cut into 1/2 inch slices.
• Melt butter in a large frying pan over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar until dissolved, adding more butter if necessary. Add sweet potatoes, and fry until golden brown and fork tender, turning occasionally. Serve hot.

FRIED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Slice the sweet potatoes thinly, approximately 1/4-1/2 inch thick.
• Melt butter in a large hot frying pan over medium-high heat, then places slices in the pan in a single layer. Sprinkle with salt.
• Fry the potatoes until lightly browned on one side, then flip over each slice. You'll need to watch them carefully and move the slices in the hottest part of the pan to the edges so that they all get browned. Adjust the heat down to medium if needed to keep them from browning too quickly. Total browning time took me about 5-7 minutes.
• When both sides are lightly browned, sprinkle brown sugar and cinnamon across the top. Wait 1-2 minutes and then toss the potatoes until the brown sugar is caramelized (approx 1 more minute).
• Remove from pan and serve immediately.

SWEET POTATO POUND CAKE WITH MOLASSES CREAM

Steps:

• Combine nut mixture and set aside.
• Roast sweet potatoes in 375 degree oven for 1 1/2 hours, or until a knife can entirely pierce the potato. When potatoes have cooled slightly, mash with a fork and set aside. Grease mini loaf pans and set aside. Cream butter and sugars together until light. Scrape bowl often. Add orange zest, then eggs one at a time. Again, scrape bowl often. In another bowl, combine dry ingredients and mix well. Alternate the dry and wet ingredients with the mashed sweet potato in 3 parts starting with the dry. Mix until batter is well combined, but do not over mix. Spoon batter into loaf pans and sprinkle the spiced nuts over the top of each loaf. Gently fold in nuts, leaving some exposed. Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes. For the Molasses Cream: Whip cream 50 percent, add powdered sugar and molasses. Continue whipping until fully whipped. ASSEMBLING DESSERT: Slice pound cake and place on plate. With a wet spoon gently scoop whipped cream and place along side of pound cake. Enjoy.

FRIED SWEET POTATOES WITH MOLASSES

Steps:

• Cut the sweet potatoes into small cubes, let set in cold water for 10 minutes.
• Heat non-stick skillet to medium high heat with 1 teaspoon olive oil. Toss potato cubes in the self rising flour to coat, then add to hot skillet. Cover and cook, turning often to prevent burning. Add 2nd teaspoon of olive oil about 10 minutes into cooking.
• After potatoes are softened add the two table spoons of dark molasses and stir potatoes to coat. Let molasses slightly caramelize and serve hot.

MOLASSES WHIPPED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Place potatoes on a baking sheet and transfer to oven. Roast until easily pierced with a fork, about an hour. Let potatoes cool slightly; remove skin and discard.
• Transfer potatoes to the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; beat until smooth. Add butter, salt, orange juice, sugar, molasses, and maple syrup; beat until butter is melted and mixture is well combined. Serve immediately or store, covered and refrigerated, up to 1 day. To reheat, transfer potato mixture to an ovenproof dish, cover, and place in a 350-degree oven until heated through.

MOLASSES WHIPPED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Place sweet potatoes on a baking sheet and roast until easily pierced with a fork, about 1 hour.
• Peel the skin off of the sweet potatoes while still hot. By hand or mixer, smash potatoes until all large chunks are gone.
• Combine the potatoes, butter, salt, orange juice, brown sugar, ground cumin, molasses and maple syrup in a large bowl. Continue to mix all together until all lumps are gone.
• Adjust any of the seasonings to your specific tastes. Can be made the day before.

FRIED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Heat butter until hot; add sweet potatoes.
• Sprinkle with salt.
• Saute for 2 minutes.
• Cover and cook on low for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Uncover and raise heat to med.
• Sprinkle with sugars; cook, turning occasionally until potatoes are browned and crusty, about 10 minutes.

SWEET POTATO AND MOLASSES MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Line 12 large muffin cups with foil muffin papers.
• Puree potato in processor. Measure 1 cup puree and transfer to bowl. Mix in eggs, then milk, molasses and butter. Add all remaining ingredients and stir until just mixed. Divide batter among muffin cups. Bake until springy to touch and tester inserted into center comes out with just a few moist crumbs, about 25 minutes. Transfer to rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.

MOLASSES BUTTER FOR BAKED WHOLE SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Mix the first 6 ingredients in a bowl using an electric mixer until fluffy; cover and chill (soften slightly before using if desired).
• After the yams are baked cut slits across center of each yam.
• Press ends together toward the center to expose the flesh.
• Spoon 2-3 tablespoons of spiced butter into each.
• Pass the spiced butter around at the table.