Sweet Potato Pone Aka Potato Pound Of Belize Food

SWEET POTATO PONE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly spray a 9-inch square baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
• Whisk together the butter with the brown sugar and molasses in a bowl. Whisk in the eggs, half-and-half and vanilla until smooth. Stir in the salt, spices, orange zest and juice. Fold in the sweet potatoes. Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish, then smooth the top and cover with foil.
• Bake until the center is set and the potatoes are soft, about 40 minutes. Remove the foil and bake until bubbling and starting to brown on the edges, another 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool to room temperature. Serve chilled or at room temperature with the Eggnog Whipped Cream.
• Add the whipping cream, confectioners' sugar and nutmeg to the chilled bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment (or a chilled large bowl if using a hand mixer) and whisk on high speed until soft peaks form, about 2 minutes. Fold in the eggnog.

SWEET POTATO PONE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350˚ F. Lightly spray a 9-inch square baking dish with cooking spray.
• Whisk together the melted butter, brown sugar and molasses in a large bowl. Whisk in the eggs, half-and-half and vanilla until smooth. Whisk in the salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, orange zest and orange juice. Fold in the sweet potatoes. Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish, then smooth the top and cover with foil.
• Bake until the center is set and the potatoes are soft, about 40 minutes. Remove the foil and bake until caramelized on top, another 10 minutes. Let cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes.
• To make the whipped cream topping: beat 1 cup heavy cream and 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar in a chilled bowl with a mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form, about 2 minutes.

SWEET POTATO PONE (BELIZE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Beat potatoes, sugar and coconut milk in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until sugar is completely dissolved. Add evaporated milk, ginger and vanilla; mix until well blended.
• Spoon into greased 13x9-inch baking dish.
• Bake 1 hour or until center is set. Sprinkle with the coconut. Serve warm or cold. Cover and refrigerate any leftovers.

SWEET POTATO PONE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine sweet potatoes, sugar, corn syrup, butter and orange zest. In another bowl, combine flour, nutmeg and cinnamon. Add to sweet potato mixture; mix well. Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Bake until potatoes are bubbly and golden brown, 55-60 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.,

JAZZ FEST SWEET POTATO PONE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Cook the potatoes unpeeled until tender throughout.
• Let cool, Peel and mash the potatoes, then stir in melted butter.
• In a bowl, beat the eggs, add sugar.
• Add milk, vanilla, molasses, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and orange zest.
• Beat until well blended.
• Stir into mashed sweet potatoes, then mix until well blended.
• Place the mixture into a buttered 1-1/2 quart baking dish.
• Optionally, you may sprinkle the top of the pone with additional brown sugar.
• Cover with foil and bake for 50 minutes; uncover, then bake for 10 minutes.
• Allow the pone to cool completely before serving.

ROASTED SWEET POTATO & GARLIC SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°C.
• Toss the sweet potato, onion and garlic in oil.
• Place on a lined oven tray and bake in oven to bake for 20 - 25 minutes or until tender.
• Place the roasted vegetables in a large saucepan with stock and bring to the boil and then remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly and then blend with a stick blender in the pot or in batches in a food processor and return to the pot.
• Whisk in the cream cheese into the soup until smooth and simmer for a further 5 minutes until well heated.
• Season to taste and serve in bowls and garnish with parsley and serve with crusty bread.

SWEET POTATO PONE AKA POTATO POUND OF BELIZE

Steps:

• Grease a 9x13 pyrex dish.
• Preheat oven to 450.
• Wash, peel, and grate sweet potatoes.
• In large bowl, combine sweet potatoes, ginger, raisins, cinnamon, sugar and vanilla.
• Mix well.
• Add milk and butter; stirring to incorporate throughout mixture.
• Pour into pyrex dish.
• Bake on the bottom shelf of your oven for 30 minutes.
• Lower oven temperature to 350.
• Move dish to top shelf.
• Cook for an additional hour until top is brown, knife comes out clean.
• The top will look very sticky.