Sweet Potato Spoon Bread

Name: Sweet Potato Spoon Bread
Prep time: 2 h 20 min
Cook time: 2 h 20 min
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking soda; 355 milliliters buttermilk; 0 teaspoons cayenne pepper; 5 larges egg whites, at room temperature; 0 teaspoons ground cloves; 532 milliliters stone-ground yellow cornmeal, plus more for dusting; 0 teaspoons ground cumin; 2 Tbsps mild honey; 2 teaspoons salt; 2 Tbsps sugar; 454 grams sweet potatoes; 2 Tbsps unsalted butter, at room temperature; 710 milliliters boiling water; 0 teaspoons freshly ground white pepper

One serving contains 239 calories, 7g of protein, and 5g of fat. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 10. If you have ground cumin, buttermilk, ground cloves, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 37

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With a fork, pierce the sweet potatoes all over and set them directly on the oven rack.

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Sweet Potato

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Bake the sweet potatoes for 1 hour, or until they are tender; let cool slightly. Slit the skins and scoop the potatoes into a large bowl. Mash until smooth. You should have 1 1/4 cups of mashed sweet potatoes. Increase the oven temperature to 42

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Sweet Potato

Potato

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Meanwhile, lightly butter a shallow 2-quart glass or ceramic baking dish and dust it with cornmeal, tapping out any excess. In another large bowl, whisk the cornmeal with the sugar, salt and baking soda. Melt the butter in the boiling water, then stir the butter-and-water mixture into the dry ingredients.

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Baking Soda

Cornmeal

Butter

Sugar

Water

Salt

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Let cool slightly.

Using an electric mixer, beat the buttermilk, honey, cumin, white pepper, cloves and cayenne into the mashed sweet potatoes until combined. At medium speed, beat in the cornmeal mixture.

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Sweet Potato

White Pepper

Buttermilk

Cornmeal

Ground Cayenne Pepper

Clove

Cumin

Honey

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In a clean stainless steel bowl, using clean beaters, beat the egg whites until stiff but not dry. Fold the beaten egg whites into the sweet-potato mixture until no white streaks remain.

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Potato

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Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish and bake for about 40 minutes, or until golden and risen and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

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