Sticky Sweet Potatoes Food

STICKY SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°; butter a 2 quart casserole; place potatoes in casserole in overlapping layers; set aside.
• In a saucepan, combine the remaining ingredients; bring to a low boil; decrease heat to low and stir until well blended and smooth, about 5 minutes.
• Pour the mixture evenly over the potatoes, cover, and bake, basting from time to time, until the potatoes are tender, about 50 minutes.
• Let the casserole stand at room temperature about 5 minutes before serving.

STICKY SAUSAGE & SWEET POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Toss the sausages and potatoes in a roasting tin with the oil. Roast for 30 mins, then mix the mustard and honey together and stir into the tin. Roast for 10 mins more until sticky and cooked.
• Meanwhile, mix together the dressing ingredients with some seasoning - the onion will soften slightly in the vinegar.
• When the sausages are ready, thickly slice them, then mix back in with the potatoes. Tip the spinach onto plates, pile the sticky sausage slices and potatoes on top, then spoon over the dressing.

DIPS FOR SWEET POTATO FRIES

Steps:

• For each dip, get a small mixing bowl ready. In each bowl, place the 3 ingredients needed.
• Using a small whisk, mix each bowl separately. Once combined and smooth, taste test. Adjust for sweetness, spiciness, etc based on your personal preferences.
• Serve with sweet potato/french fries, chicken, wings, etc.
• The dipping sauces can be stored in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for up to 7 days.

NIAN GAO (BAKED SWEET POTATO STICKY RICE CAKES)

Steps:

• Combine the glutinous rice flour and ¾ cup/180 grams water in a bowl to form a dough. Cover tightly and refrigerate for at least 6 hours and up to 24 hours.
• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Wash and scrub the sweet potatoes and pat them dry thoroughly with a clean kitchen towel. With a fork, poke holes all over the sweet potatoes. Bake on a foil-lined pan until a fork can pierce it with no resistance, 40 to 50 minutes.
• When cool enough to handle, peel off the skin. Pass the sweet potato through a ricer or mash with a fork. Measure out 1¼ cups/320 grams of the mashed sweet potato. (Reserve any remaining for another use.)
• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine coconut milk, sugar and salt in a large saucepan. Set the saucepan over medium-low heat, and whisk until the sugar dissolves and the mixture is hot but not boiling, about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and add the butter, stirring until it melts. Mix in the sweet potato mash, followed by the tapioca starch, then add the refrigerated wet glutinous rice flour gradually in chunks, whisking as you go. Add the egg and whisk until smooth.
• Heat 1 or more kuih bahulu pans in the oven until very hot, 7 to 8 minutes. If you don't have a kuih bahulu pan, a decorative cakelet pan or mini muffin tin made out of cast iron or aluminum works (see Tip). The batter yields 24 to 42 nian gao, depending on the size of the hollows; work in batches if needed (see Tip). Remove the pan from the oven and, using a silicone or pastry brush, lightly and quickly brush its hollows with oil. Stir batter, then quickly pour it into the hollows, filling them 80 to 90 percent full.
• Bake on the center rack until golden brown on top and a toothpick inserted into the center of one emerges moist and sticky, but with no pasty raw batter on it, 20 to 40 minutes. The exact baking time will vary depending on the size and heft of your pan.
• Use a wooden skewer or butter knife to pry out and remove the nian gao from the pan. If the pan was properly heated and oiled, the nian gao will not stick. If needed, repeat with the remaining batter. If the pan cools off too much while you are removing a batch of nian gao, heat it for a couple of minutes in the oven before baking the next batch.
• These nian gao are best served slightly warm while the edges are still crisp and the centres are soft and chewy. They are best the same day they are made. You can keep leftovers in a covered container in the refrigerator and steam, pan-fry or microwave them to reheat the next day, but they will not completely recover their freshly cooked texture.

EASY STICKY TOFFEE PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 355 degrees F (180 degrees C). Grease a baking dish.
• Combine hot black tea and raisins in a bowl; let stand for 5 minutes.
• Drain raisins and transfer to a food processor. Add milk and blend to combine.
• Beat butter, sugar, and brown sugar in a bowl. Whisk in eggs. Add flour, vanilla, and cinnamon; mix to combine. Stir in blended raisins and baking soda, then pour into the prepared dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a skewer inserted near the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes.
• While the pudding is cooking, combine brown sugar, margarine, and golden syrup for topping in a nonstick saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook and stir until the sauce brims over with foamy bubbles. Turn off the heat, but continue to stir until the bubbles go down.
• Remove the pudding from the oven. Pour the toffee topping over the warm pudding to ensure even spreading. Serve hot.