Maple-Glazed Yams with Pecan Topping

Name: Maple-Glazed Yams with Pecan Topping
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 79 milliliters brown sugar, packed; 6 Tbsps chilled butter, cut into 1/2 inch pieces; 118 milliliters maple syrup; 1 teaspoon orange zest (optional); 355 milliliters pecans; 6 servings Salt; 1 kilograms yams (red-skinned sweet potatoes), peeled, cut into 1/4 inch rounds

Need a gluten free, fodmap friendly, and vegetarian side dish? Maple-Glazed Yams with Pecan Topping could be a spectacular recipe to try. One serving contains 660 calories, 6g of protein, and 30g of fat. This recipe covers 21% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up brown sugar, salt, maple syrup, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

1 Preheat the oven to 400°F.

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Heat a large pot of salted water (add a tablespoon of salt for every two quarts of water) until boiling.

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Water

Salt

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Add the yam rounds. Cook the yams until the water starts to simmer again, about 4 minutes.

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Yam

Remove from heat, drain, then rinse in cold water.2 Butter a baking dish. Arrange the yam rounds in the baking dish, overlapping the pieces, layering the yam rounds to fill up the dish.

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Yam

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Sprinkle each layer liberally with salt.

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Sprinkle the yam rounds with orange zest if using.

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Orange Zest

Yam

Pour maple syrup over yams. Dot with 2 Tbsp of the butter. Cover with aluminum foil and bake until yams are almost tender, about 20 minutes.3 Put 3/4 cup pecans in a blender or spice grinder and grind into a coarse meal. Coarsely chop the other 3/4 cup of pecans. 4

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Mix the ground pecans and brown sugar together in a medium bowl. Using your fingers, mix in the remaining 4 Tbsp of butter until the mixture resembles a coarse meal.

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