Growing up we never ate sweet potatoes. My mother nor grandmothers ever made them. As an adult I find it a little odd considering I grew up in the south.
My first encounter with sweet potatoes was a few years ago. I believe it was actually canned yams with broiled marshmallows on top. I wasn't impressed. The next time I had sweet potatoes, again I think it was canned yams, they had a brown sugar pecan topping. Much better than the marshmallows but I still wasn't jumping on the sweet potato boat.
Before I decided to write off them completely I thought I'd give this recipe from Taste of the South Magazine. I love au Gratin potatoes and love fontina cheese. I thought maybe this it! I was hopeful and thankful I didn't have to open a can of yams.
I'm so glad I made these! They were wonderful! I will definitely be making these for Thanksgiving this year.
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Sweet-Potato and Two Cheese Gratin
recipe from Taste of the South
5 large sweet potatoes, scrubbed, peeled, and cut into 1/8-inch slices
1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper, divided
1/2 cup plus 3 Tablespoons shredded Fontina cheese, divided
1/2 cup plus 3 Tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese, divided
1 cup heavy whipping cream, divided
Garnish with fresh thyme or parsley
Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees F
Generously coat a 2 1/2 quart baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
Place a layer of sweet potatoes overlapping in a shingled fashion in baking dish. Season sweet potato layer with 1/8 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Sprinkle potatoes with 1 tablespoon Fontina cheese, 1 tablespoon Parmesan, and 1/4 cup cream. Repeat layers 3 times.
Cover with aluminum foil.
Bake for 1 hour, Remove aluminum foil. Sprinkle remaining cheeses over sweet potatoes.
Bake, uncovered, until cheese is golden brown, approximately 15 minutes.
Garnish with thyme or parsley.
This looks wonderful. I will totally have to try making this let's see if I can get the boys eating some sweet potatoes for the holidays. :)
ReplyDeleteLooks great! I love that there is no added sugar!
ReplyDeleteUm, YUM!! This sounds amazingly good, Shay! Glad that you've discovered the awesomeness that is the sweet potato!
ReplyDeleteI love sweet potatoes and will defintely try this.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds delicious. I am a fan of sweet potatoes and love cheese.
ReplyDeleteI thought these were delicious. I liked them so much because they were more savory than sweet, which is how I usually see sweet potatoes served.
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