Yams With Spiced Sorghum Butter Recipes

YAMS WITH TOASTED SPICE RUB

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Put sweet potatoes in a glass or stainless steel bowl.
• Melt the butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Stir in brown sugar and lemon juice. When sugar is completely melted, stir in Toasted Spice Rub and gray salt. Pour mixture over sweet potatoes. Toss well.
• Arrange sweet potatoes in a baking dish, cut side up. With rubber spatula, scrape all the butter and spice mixture over the top of the sweet potatoes, and then add a sprinkling of Toasted Spice Rub on top of each one. Cover with foil and bake at 375 degrees F until easily pierced with a knife.
• Toast the fennel seeds, coriander seeds, and peppercorns in a small, heavy pan over medium heat. When the fennel turns light brown, work quickly. Turn on the exhaust fan, add the red pepper flakes, and toss, toss, toss, always under the fan. Immediately turn the spice mixture out onto a plate to cool. Put in a blender with the chili powder, salt, and cinnamon and blend until the spices are evenly ground. If you have a small spice mill or a coffee grinder dedicated to grinding spices, grind only the fennel, coriander, pepper, and chili flakes. Pour into a bowl and toss with the remaining ingredients.

YAMS WITH SPICED SORGHUM BUTTER

Steps:

• Beat butter, sorghum syrup, cinnamon, cloves and cayenne in medium bowl to blend; season with salt. (Can be prepared 5 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Bring mixture to room temperature before using.)
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Rinse potatoes; pat dry. Pierce each several times with fork; place on baking sheet. Bake potatoes until tender, about 1 hour.
• Cut top of each potato lengthwise; press in ends to open top. Spoon some sorghum butter into opening of each potato and serve.
• *Sorghum syrup (a juice extracted from cereal grass) is available at some natural foods stores or by mail order; call Brownville Mills at 800-305-7990

GRILLED OR BAKED YAMS (SWEET POTATO) WITH SPICED BUTTER

Steps:

• Wash & dry yams.
• Coat outside with olive oil.
• "Bake" in a medium hot grill 45-60 minutes or until done.
• You can also bake in a preheated 400F oven.
• While the yams are cooking, melt the butter in a small dish.
• Add the sugar & spices and stir until combined.
• Refrigerate until firm, serve with the yams.

YAM CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl combine yams, melted butter, white sugar, evaporated milk, eggs, nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla extract. Mix well and transfer to a 9x9 inch casserole dish.
• In a medium bowl cream butter with brown sugar. Stir in walnuts and frosted cereal. Spread on top of yam mixture.
• Bake in preheated oven for 35 minutes.

SPICED YAMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350f.
• Combine first 6 ingredients and set aside.
• Melt butter in large cast iron skillet over medium heat.
• Add yams, tossing to brown.
• Add apples and toss; remove from heat.
• Drizzle cider mixture over yams and apples; toss.
• Sprinkle with salt.
• Bake until tender, about 15 minutes.
• Toss every 5 minutes, adding more cider if necessary to avoid sticking.