Sweet Potato Recipes to thanksgiving.

The sweet potato or yam also called. Native to tropical America, given different names depending on the region of origin, and Sweet Potato (Spain, Cuba and Fernando Poo), sweet potatoes, Kumara (Peru), face or Jetico (Brazil), moniato or yam (Mexico), potato sweet or sugary sweet (Europe and Asia), Batata (Dominican Republic).

The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is an edible tuber, oblong and
voluminous, purple or brown bark and orange or yellow flesh white
sweet and pleasant.
 
There are over 400 varieties, the most widespread are the red skin and flesh
white, and sweet orange flesh. Depending on the variety the pulp can be
dry, sandy or soft and juicy with higher water content.

It is widely used in cakes and pastries, combined well with cinnamon, nutmeg, coconut and honey. In tropical countries it is consumed fried or mashed potatoes as an accompaniment to poultry and pork dishes bittersweet.
 
Properties of sweet potato:
 
At the test highlights the presence of sugars, from tropical areas have their maximum sweetness. Pink and yellow varieties are rich in carotene, high intake of vitamin A, E and C and folic acid.
Very rich in starch (carbohydrates), as well as sodium and potassium.

Sweet Potato Recipes






TRADITIONAL SWEET POTATO BREAD
 

 

 4 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and grated
½ stick butter, melted
2 cups brown sugar
2 cups evaporated milk
1 tablespoon grated coconut
2 cups boiling water
1 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 cup coconut mass without the black

preparation:

He gets to the boiling water and squeezed coconut well. This is mixed with other ingredients and moves well. Grease a pan and add the mixture. It takes the oven at 350 ° for 2 hours, cool and serve.

Sweet potato 

ingredients
 
To prepare sweet potato will need to have the following ingredients:
2 kg of Batata
2 kg of sugar
2 tablespoons sugar
1 Vanilla chaucha
 
preparation
 
Once you have these ingredients we start with the preparation of sweet potato using the following instructions:

Place the potatoes in a large pot and cover with water. Bring to high heat until cooked, about 10 min. As the water boils. Remove and peel.
 
Crush by passing through a sieve or pressing them, put them in a copper pot with other ingredients and bring to high heat, stirring constantly with wooden spoon, until mixture thickens and pulls away from the container, about 7 to 10 min.
 
Then, remove from the stove, cover the pan with parchment paper and spread the sweet, pressing so that it is firmly packed. Place another paper on the surface as it cools, put a weight on top.
Once cool, cover and reserve refrigerated or preferably cool, dark place.