Orange Ginger Sweet Potatoes Food

GINGER ORANGE SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Pierce sweet potatoes several times with a fork. Place sweet potatoes on a rimmed baking sheet lined with foil. Bake until tender, about 1 hour.
• While the potatoes are baking, grate the zest and squeeze the juice from the orange. Place 1 heaping teaspoon of the grated zest and 1/3 cup strained juice in a large bowl. Save any remaining zest and juice for a separate use or discard.
• Carefully remove and discard the skins from the baked sweet potatoes (don't burn yourself with the hot potatoes!).
• Place sweet potato flesh in the bowl with the orange zest and juice. Add butter, ginger, salt and pepper.
• Mash or beat to combine.

GINGERED SWEET POTATOES WITH ORANGE JUICE

Steps:

• Pierce skin of sweet potatoes in several spots with a fork.
• Cook sweet potatoes in microwave oven until just tender, 12 to 15 minutes. Refrigerate sweet potatoes until cooled completely, at least 20 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Prepare a shallow 1 1/2-quart baking dish with cooking spray.
• Peel sweet potatoes and cut into cubes; spread into prepared baking dish.
• Mix sugar, cornstarch, salt, and ginger together in a glass measuring cup; pour orange juice into the cup while stirring with a whisk.
• Heat orange juice mixture in microwave oven for 1 minute, stir, and continue to heat until thickened and smooth, 30 to 60 seconds more; add butter and stir until melted. Pour the liquid over the sweet potatoes.
• Bake in preheated oven until sweet potatoes are heated through, 15 to 20 minutes.

ORANGE-GINGER SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F.
• Bake potatoes on a cookie sheet until soft (approx. 1.5 hrs).
• When cool enough to handle, peel and chunk potatoes into a large bowl.
• Add butter and other ingredients and toss to mix.
• Mash potatoes thoroughly or puree in a blender. A hand mixer works well also.
• Lower oven temperature to 350F.
• Turn mashed potatoes into a casserole dish and dot the top with a bit of additional butter.
• Bake 30-40 minutes until hot.
• NOTE: This can be made ahead of time. Bring the mashed potato mixture to room temperature before dotting with butter and baking until hot.

ORANGE GINGER SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• 1. Peel and slice sweet potatoes in approx. 1/4 inch slices.
• 2. In a large deep (approx 3-4") skillet add 1/2 can orange juice concentrate and grated ginger on medium heat and simmer for about 5 minutes
• 3. Add sweet potatoes , sugar, butter, salt and triple sec if you have it. Stir and cover. Cook covered for about 20-30 minutes stirring occasionally until potatoes are tender...
• 4. Once potatoes are tender mash and serve. **serving suggestion*** put the mashed orange ginger sweet potatoes in a casserole dish and top with slivered almonds.

ORANGE GINGER SWEET POTATO PUREE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees. Wash and dry potatoes, and prick skins with a fork in several places. Bake until potatoes are tender, about 1 hour.
• Peel potatoes, and discard skin; transfer flesh to the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed until smooth, about 2 minutes. Remove, and discard any stringy fibers from paddle. Scrape sides with rubber spatula.
• Combine butter and brown sugar; mix about 30 seconds. Add remaining ingredients; mix until combined. Serve immediately.

GINGERED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• In a small skillet, melt butter with oil over medium heat. Stir in the brown sugar, honey, cinnamon, salt, ginger and pepper. Add the sweet potato wedges; toss to coat. Cover and cook over low heat for 20-30 minutes or until potatoes are tender, stirring occasionally.

SWEET POTATO GRATIN WITH GINGER AND ORANGE ZEST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease a 6- to 8-cup gratin dish with butter. In a small pan, gently heat remaining butter with cream, ginger and orange zest, stirring once or twice, until butter has melted and mixture is just steaming. Remove from heat.
• Spread potatoes and nuts evenly into baking dish and sprinkle with plenty of salt and pepper. Drizzle cream mixture over all and press down on potatoes with a fork to settle them into dish and at least partly submerge them. Bake until potatoes are tender and cream thickens, about 45 minutes. Serve hot or warm.

ORANGE-GINGER SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Place oven rack in middle position. Lightly grease a 1 1/2 quart baking dish, and set aside.
• Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil. Pierce each sweet potato several times with a fork, and place on the prepared baking sheet.
• Roast the sweet potatoes in preheated oven until easily pierced with a fork, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
• Remove sweet potatoes from the oven, and cool about 15 minutes. Lower oven temperature to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• When sweet potatoes are cool enough to handle, cut in half, and scoop flesh into the bowl of a food processor. Discard potato skins. Add the orange zest, ginger; and egg yolks; process to make a smooth mixture. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Pour in the orange juice and milk; if desired, add more orange juice to taste. Spoon sweet potato mixture into prepared baking dish. Sprinkle top with pecans.
• Bake in preheated oven until heated through and pecans are toasted, about 30 minutes.

SWEET POTATOES WITH ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• Spread slices of sweet potatoes in a greased metal dish of 13 inches x 9 inches. Set aside.
• In a measuring cup, mix brown sugar, butter, orange zest and juice, ginger, salt, pepper. Cover and heat in microwave, at high power, for about 1 minute or until butter has melted and brown sugar is dissolved. Mix well and pour on the sweet potatoes.
• Cook in a preheated oven of 375 F for about 45 minutes or until sweet potatoes are tender (baste with orange glaze sometimes during cooking). Keep cooking under preheated grill for about 3 minutes or until sweet potatoes are golden and glazed. When ready to serve, sprinkle with green onions.

ORANGE-FLAVORED SWEET POTATOES WITH OATMEAL COOKIE TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F. and butter a baking dish, 13 by 9 by 2 inches. Prick potatoes and bake on a foil-lined baking sheet in middle of oven until very soft, about 1 1/2 hours. Scoop flesh into a large bowl and mash with butter, sugar, juice, marmalade, gingerroot, and salt. Spread potato mixture evenly in baking dish. Potato mixture may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Bring potato mixture to room temperature before proceeding.
• Make topping:
• In a food processor grind cookies fine. Add butter and pulse motor until mixture resembles soft cookie dough. Wrap topping in wax paper and chill until firm, about 2 hours. Topping may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Crumble topping over potato mixture and bake in middle of oven until topping is browned lightly, about 25 minutes.