Candied yams-citrus and spice
6 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups | Sugar |
| ¾ | cup | Water |
| 3 | tablespoons | Butter or margarine |
| ½ | teaspoon | Grated orange rind |
| ½ | teaspoon | Grated lemon rind |
| 3 | Sticks cinnamon | |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Nutmeg |
| 6 | mediums | Louisiana yams; fresh or canned, cooked, peeled & halved |
| 6 | Lemon slices | |
| 1 | small | Apple; cored & sliced |
Directions
Combine sugar, water, butter or margarine, rinds, cinnamon and nutmeg. Heat to boiling point over medium heat; cook 5 minutes. Meanwhile, arrange yams, lemon slices and apple in a 1½-quart casserole. Pour syrup mixture over other ingredients. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) for 30 minutes, basting occasionally with syrup.
NOTES : This booklet was prepared by the Louisiana Sweet Potato Commission.
Recipe by: 75 Easy Yam Recipes with a Romantic Past Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #891 by NGavlak@... on Nov 8, 1997