Whiskey-Glazed Sweet Potatoes

Name: Whiskey-Glazed Sweet Potatoes
Prep time: 1 h 45 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters agave nectar (preferably amber); 3 crisp apples (such as McIntosh or Cortland), peeled, halved, cored and cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices; 0 teaspoons cayenne pepper; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 8 servings Kosher salt; 237 milliliters pecans; 1 kilograms large sweet potatoes (about; 4 Tbsps unsalted butter, plus more for the dish; 59 milliliters whiskey

Whiskey-Glazed Sweet Potatoes is a gluten free and vegetarian side dish. This recipe makes 8 servings with 380 calories, 4g of protein, and 15g of fat each. This recipe covers 15% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up kosher salt, apples, sweet potatoes, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

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Place the sweet potatoes on a baking sheet (do not pierce) and bake 30 to 40 minutes. Lightly squeeze the potatoes: If they're slightly soft, they're done.

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Sweet Potato

Potato

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Let cool.

Lightly toast the pecans in a medium saute pan over high heat, shaking the pan occasionally, about 3 minutes.

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Pecans

Toast

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Add the butter, then reduce the heat to medium and stir in the agave, cinnamon, nutmeg and cayenne; let simmer 4 to 5 minutes.

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Cinnamon

Ground Cayenne Pepper

Butter

Nutmeg

Agave

Add the whiskey and 1/2 teaspoon salt; simmer 5 more minutes.

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Whiskey

Salt

Butter the bottom and sides of an 8-inch-square baking dish.

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Butter

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Remove the peel from the sweet potatoes and cut crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Arrange the sweet potato and apple slices in the prepared pan, alternating.

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Sweet Potato

Apple

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Pour the whiskey-pecan mixture over the top. Cover with aluminum foil and bake 15 minutes.

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Whiskey

Pecans

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Aluminum Foil

Oven

Remove the foil and baste the top with the whiskey sauce that's collected in the bottom of the pan; continue baking until the apples are soft and glazed, about 18 more minutes.

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Whiskey

Apple

Sauce