Whole Roasted Yams W Maple Allspice Butter Food

WHOLE ROASTED YAMS WITH MAPLE-ALLSPICE BUTTER

Steps:

• Mix first 5 ingredients in medium bowl. (Can be made 3 days ahead. Cover and chill. Bring to room temperature before using.)
• Preheat oven to 375°F. Lightly pierce potatoes all over with fork. Set potatoes directly on oven rack; bake until tender when pierced with skewer, about 1 hour. Cut cross in top of each potato. Using oven mitts to protect hands, squeeze potatoes gently in from sides, forcing crosses to open. Spoon 1 tablespoon butter into each potato. Serve, passing remaining butter separately.

WHOLE ROASTED YAMS W/ MAPLE-ALLSPICE BUTTER

Steps:

• 1. Mix all the ingredients except for the whole yams (or sweet potatoes) Butter can be prepared ahead of time and refrigerated. Bring to room temp before serving.
• 2. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees. Pierce yams (sweet potatoes) with a fork all over.Wrap them in aluminum foil. Set them on a rack in oven. Make one yam per guest if they are smaller in size, or cut in half after baking. Bake until tender, about an hour.
• 3. Cut a cross shape on top of yams. Using an oven mitt, squeeze yam gently in from sides, forcing to open. Spoon 1 Tablespoon of prepared butter into each yam. Serve and pass remaining butter.

ROASTED YAMS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet or shallow baking dish with aluminum foil.
• Arrange slices of potato in the prepared pan so they are overlapping slightly. Season with salt and pepper and then drizzle olive oil over them as evenly as possible.
• Bake in the preheated oven until potatoes are tender and have begun to wrinkle around the edges, about 30 minutes.