Sweet Potato Yams Paul Deens Recipes

CLASSIC SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• In a large bowl, stir together sweet potato, brown sugar, eggs, cream, cinnamon, and salt until well combined. Spoon into an 11x7-inch baking dish.
• Bake until just set, 45 to 55 minutes. Sprinkle with marshmallows and pecans; bake until top is lightly browned, about 10 minutes more. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

SWEET POTATO BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 °F. Mix sweet potatoes, sugar, spices, 1/3 cup butter, eggs and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Add cream, mix well. Pour into greased casserole dish (1 1/2 quarts). Add topping. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
• Mix together 3 tablespoons butter, brown sugar, flour and nuts with fork; sprinkle over top of casserole.

SWEET POTATO YAMS-PAUL DEEN'S

Steps:

• Bake potatoes until tender, while they are baking combine remaining ingredients in a pan and bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. slice potaors into 1/2 inch slices and put in a casserole pan. Pour sauce over them and return to over for 15 minutes or until hot. Oven set at 350.

'OL NO. 7 YAMS

Steps:

• Wash and dry sweet potatoes and bake at 400 °F for one hour, until potatoes are soft to the touch. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly then remove skin from potatoes.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350 °F. While the potatoes are baking, combine remaining ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 30 to 45 minutes until sauce is slightly thickened.
• Slice the potatoes 1/2-inch thick into a medium casserole dish. Pour syrup over them and return to the oven and bake for approximately 30 minutes.
• Tip: To make this dish faster, bake potatoes the night before, leave skin on and throw in the refrigerator until ready to use.

CLASSIC CANDIED YAMS

Steps:

• Cut the sweet potatoes crosswise into 1-inch-thick rounds. Halve or quarter any extra-large pieces so that they are all similar in size.
• Melt the butter in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Combine the brown sugar, granulated sugar, pumpkin pie spice and salt in a small bowl. Add the sugar mixture to the Dutch oven and whisk until it forms a paste. Add the potatoes and stir well, spooning the sugar mixture over the potatoes to coat evenly.
• Cover and cook the potatoes, stirring occasionally and gently to avoid breaking them up, until they are just tender when pierced with the tip of a knife and the sauce resembles a thin syrup, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spread the pecans on a baking sheet and toast until dark brown with a light scent of roasted nuts, about 8 minutes. Season the pecans with some salt while warm, let them cool completely and coarsely chop.
• Transfer the potatoes with their sauce to a large serving platter and sprinkle the pecans over the top.

PAULA DEEN'S SWEET POTATO BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Bake the potatoes until tender, then peel and mash them.
• Stir in the brown sugar, orange juice, zest and nutmeg.
• In a separate bowl, toss the coconut with the sugar and cinnamon.
• Press mashed potatoes around each marshmallow, creating a 2 to 3-inch diameter ball.
• Roll the balls in the coconut mixture. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Watch carefully for the last few minutes of cooking; the expanding marshmallows can cause the potato balls to burst open.

CANDIED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Cut each potato half lengthwise into fourths. Steam potatoes on a steamer rack set over boiling water, covered, until just tender, 10 to 15 minutes, then cool, uncovered. Transfer to a buttered 3-quart shallow baking dish.
• Simmer brown sugar, butter, water, and salt, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved and syrup is thickened, about 5 minutes. Stir in bourbon to taste. Drizzle syrup over potatoes and bake in middle of oven, basting occasionally, until syrup is thickened, about 1 1/4 hours.

PAULA DEEN SWEET POTATO BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Bake the potatoes until tender, then peel and mash them. Stir in the brown sugar, orange juice, zest and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, toss the coconut with the sugar and cinnamon. Press mashed potatoes around each marshmallow, creating a 2 to 3-inch diameter ball. Roll the balls in the coconut mixture. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Watch carefully for the last few minutes of cooking; the expanding marshmallows can cause the potato balls to burst open.