Island-style ham and sweet potatoes
6 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | mediums | Sweet potatoes |
| 1 | tablespoon | Butter or margarine |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ⅛ | teaspoon | Pepper |
| pinch | Nutmeg | |
| Milk (to whip potatoes) | ||
| 2 | cups | Cooked ham -- coarsely |
| Chopped | ||
| 2 | tablespoons | Butter or margarine |
| ½ | cup | Green pepper or pimento |
| Strips | ||
| 1 | #2 can pineapple chunks in juice, drained | |
| 2 | tablespoons | Brown sugar |
| 1 | tablespoon | Cornstarch |
| ¾ | cup | Pineapple juice |
| 2 | tablespoons | Vinegar |
Directions
Cook, then mash potatoes. Add 1 tablespoon butter, salt, pepper, nutmeg, and enough milk to whip. Heat oven to 375^. In a skillet saute the ham in 2 tablespoons butter stirringuntil golden. Add green pepper (or pimento) and pineapple chunks. Cook 2 or 3 minutes. Stir in combined brown sugar, cornstarch, juice, and vinegar. Cook, stirring until thickened and clear.
Pour mixture into 9 inch pie plate or casserole dish. Drop spoonfuls of potato on top. Bake until hot in 375^ oven about 20-25 minutes.
Recipe By : All-Maine Cooking From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini