Top Secret Recipes Tony Romas Maple Sweet Potatoes By Todd Wilb

MAPLE SWEET POTATOES WITH APPLE AND BACON

Steps:

• Toss potatoes with oil and salt. Roast at 400' about 20 minutes or until tender.
• Cook bacon over medium heat in a large pot. Add onions once fat starts to render. Cook until bacon is crisp and onions are translucent.
• Add apples to pot and cook 2 more minutes (I cooked longer to caramelize the apples a bit).
• Add potatoes and cook approximately 5 minutes, or until soft (Again, I cooked longer to get a bit of caramelizing on the potatoes).
• Toss with maple syrup and serve.
• Note: I roasted the potatoes the night before and just put them in the fridge so I wouldn't tie up the oven for Thanksgiving dinner.

TOP SECRET RECIPES TONY ROMA'S MAPLE SWEET POTATOES BY TODD WILB

Steps:

• Bake yam for 40-45 minutes at 400.
• (This will leave the yam baked nearly all the way through, but firm enough to slice when cool).
• Remove yam from oven and allow to cool enough so that you can handle it.
• When cool, remove skin and slice into 1-inch bite-size pieces.
• Melt 1 TBSP of butter in large skillet.
• Add chopped onion and pecans.
• Saute for a couple of minutes until onions pieces begin to turn brown.
• Add yam slices, maple syrup, and cinnamon and saute for 3-5 minutes, stirring often, or until yam pieces are hot and tender.

MINTY ORANGE/MAPLE SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Wash/run the sweet potatoes under cool water using colander, then pat dry with towels.
• Next, thoroughly peel each sweet potato with a potato peeler.
• Soak the peeled sweet potatoes in hot water overnight: (Sweet Potatoes are very fragile, boiling them causes bruising, and baking them dries them out. Letting them sit in hot water keeps them moist and is the most gentle way to get them to soften).
• Remove softened sweet potatoes from the water and thoroughly pat dry with towels.
• In a large mixing bowl, use a potato masher or fork to mash them gently.
• Use an orange grater on the orange and add grated orange rind to the mixture.
• Add the Maple, orange juice and whipping creme. Then, using an electric mixer on a low setting, gently mix till everything is a fluffy and whipped consistency -- no lumps!
• Pour into an oblong baking dish and cover with foil, then bake at 325F for 20-25 minute.
• Remove from the oven and add marshmallows to completely cover the top, then resume baking uncovered for about 5 minutes more, but be careful -- marshmallows burn very quickly and you only want them to be lightly golden brown, so keep checking.
• Once the sweet potatoes are finally removed from the oven, add the fresh mint all around the perimeter of the sweet potatoes, and they will take on a slight mint flavor as they cool.