Fruit And Nut Sweet Potato Fusion Food

FRUIT AND NUT SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Place sweet potatoes in a large saucepan or Dutch oven; cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook just until tender, 10-15 minutes. Drain. In a large bowl, mash potatoes with apple juice and lemon juice., Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute bananas and apples in butter until tender. Stir in the ginger, salt, cinnamon and allspice; cook and stir 5 minutes longer. Cool slightly., Place banana mixture in a food processor; cover and process until smooth. Stir banana mixture and apricots into mashed potato mixture. Transfer to a 13x9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray; sprinkle with pecans., Bake, uncovered, at 350° until edges are golden brown, 40-50 minutes.

ORANGE-NUT SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Place the sweet potatoes in a large saucepan; cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 6-8 minutes or until tender. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and salt. Gradually stir in orange juice. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Add butter and orange zest; stir until butter is melted., Drain sweet potatoes; place in a serving dish. Add orange juice mixture and gently stir to coat. Sprinkle with walnuts.

FRUIT AND NUT SWEET POTATO FUSION

Steps:

• Steam the sweet potato cubes over medium heat about 25 minutes (time is given from the moment the stove is turned on until the sweet potatoes are done).
• Place the sweet potatoes and butter in a medium bowl and mash with an electric mixer on low speed (the heat from the sweet potatoes should melt the butter). Add the rest of the ingredients and combine.
• Notes: The orange juice adds quite a bit of sweetness to this dish. You may wish to add the brown sugar slowly, tasting as you go, to avoid over-sweetening.

SWEET POTATO, DATE AND NUT SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F & spray a 9"x13" baking pan with nonstick vegetable spray.
• Place the mashed sweet potatoes in a large bowl & set aside.
• In another bowl & using an electric mixer, cream together the butter & sugar before adding the eggs & vanilla, mixing to combine.
• Add this egg mixture & the 1/4 cup of milk to the mashed sweet potatoes & beat well to combine.
• In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, cloves, nutmeg & cinnamon.
• Place the dates & nuts in another bowl, tossing them with 1/4 cup of the flour mixture.
• Add the remaining flour mixture to the sweet potato mixture & blend, then fold in the dates & nuts.
• Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish & bake for 60 minutes or until a toothpick stuck in the center comes out clean.
• Cool on a wire rack before cutting into 24 small squares.