Glazed Sweet Potatoes With Rosemary And Bacon Food

MAPLE GLAZED SWEET POTATOES WITH BACON AND CARAMELIZED ONIONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Toss the sweet potato chunks, olive oil, salt, and black pepper in a large bowl, and spread the sweet potatoes out onto a large rimmed baking sheet.
• Roast in the preheated oven until browned and tender, about 40 minutes; stir after the first 20 minutes.
• Cook the bacon until crisp and brown in a large skillet over medium heat, about 10 minutes; transfer bacon to a bowl, but leave the grease in the skillet. Cook the onions in the bacon grease until browned, about 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Reduce heat to low, and cook the onions until very soft, brown, and sweet, another 10 to 15 minutes. Stir often. Mix the onions with the bacon in the bowl, and set aside.
• Pour the maple syrup into the hot skillet with the thyme, and bring to a rolling boil. Boil the syrup until reduced by half, 3 to 4 minutes. Place the roasted sweet potatoes and onion-bacon mixture into the skillet, and stir to coat the vegetables with maple glaze. Transfer to a serving dish.

MASHED SWEET POTATOES WITH BACON

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Pierce the potatoes all over with a fork and place on a baking sheet. Bake until completely soft, about 45 minutes. Let cool slightly. Split the potatoes in half, scoop out the flesh into a medium bowl and set aside. Discard the skins.
• Cook the bacon in a large saucepan over medium heat, stirring, until crisp, 8 to 9 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon to a paper towel¿lined plate. Add the bourbon or cider to the drippings in the saucepan and cook until mostly evaporated, about 30 seconds. Add the potatoes, heavy cream, butter, maple syrup and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt; mash with a potato masher until smooth and warmed through.
• Transfer the potatoes to a bowl; top with the bacon and drizzle with more maple syrup before serving.

HONEY AND ROSEMARY SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with foil or parchment paper.
• Mix the olive oil, honey, rosemary, salt, and black pepper together in a large bowl, and stir the sweet potato cubes in the mixture to coat. Remove sweet potato cubes with a slotted spoon, and arrange in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tender, about 45 minutes. Turn oven heat up to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C) and bake until browned, another 15 minutes.

GLAZED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• If using fresh sweet potatoes, place in a large saucepan or Dutch oven; cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook 25-40 minutes or until tender. Drain; cool slightly and peel. Cut into chunks., Preheat oven to 350°. Place sweet potatoes in a 2-qt. baking dish. In a small saucepan, combine butter, syrup, brown sugar and cinnamon; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Pour over potatoes. , Bake, uncovered, 30-40 minutes or until heated through.

SWEET POTATOES ROASTED WITH GARLIC AND ROSEMARY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• Put the chopped garlic in 1 TBS of the olive oil with half of the rosemary on the side to use later.
• Toss the potato pieces with olive oil, half of the rosemary, and salt and pepper.
• Bake for 20 minutes, tossing occasionally in order to crisp the outsides.
• Toss with the garlic and remaining rosemary and continue to bake until the potatoes are soft on the inside, about 15 minutes more.

OVEN ROASTED GLAZED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°.
• Toss the potatoes with the oil and season lightly with salt and pepper to taste.
• Bake for 35 minutes.
• While the potatoes are baking, place the butter, brown sugar, zest and lemon juice in a small pan over medium heat.
• Cook until the butter is melted and all is combined.
• Remove the potatoes from the oven and toss with the butter mixture.
• Return potatoes to oven and continue cooking for 10 minutes or until the potatoes are cooked through and glazed.

GLAZED SWEET POTATOES WITH ROSEMARY AND BACON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• In a small saucepan combine chicken stock, maple syrup and cider vinegar.
• Bring to a boil over medium heat and boil 10 - 15 minutes until mixture is reduced by half.
• In a large oven proof skillet cook bacon till crisp.
• Drain and crumble.
• Drain off all but 1 tbsp of bacon fat and add onion to pan.
• Cook till quite soft but not brown.
• Remove.
• Put a layer of potato in pan.
• Sprinkle with some of the bacon, onion, rosemary and pepper.
• Drizzle with a little of the liquid.
• Continue layering until the ingredients are all used.
• Bake for about 30-45 minutes or until potato is tender.
• Baste with juices from time to time.