Hot Sweet Potato Wedges with Jerk Butter

Name: Hot Sweet Potato Wedges with Jerk Butter
Yield: Serves 8 as a Side Dish
Cuisine: Americas
Ingredients: 1.4 kg (3 lb 3½ oz) sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced about the size of an orange segment; ½ tsp cayenne; leaves from 2 sprigs of thyme; 3 tbsp soft light brown sugar; 5 tbsp sunflower or groundnut oil; salt; generous grating of fresh nutmeg; ½ tbsp ground allspice; ½ tbsp black peppercorns, ground; juice of ½ lime; ½ tsp ground ginger; ½ tsp cinnamon, ground; juice of 2 limes; 2 tsp brown sugar; 50 g (1¾ oz) butter, slightly softened; pepper; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
8
as a Side Dish

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Caribbean Food Made Easy

By Levi Roots

Published 2009

About

Sweet potato wedges are like Jamaican fries. You get them in the patty shops, where you can buy a nice juicy patty, a bagful of wedges and a refreshing glass of lime wash (see Caribbean Wash). These are lovely on their own or great with the jerk butter melting over the top. The jerk butter is also great served melting over fish or chicken.

Ingredients

Americas
Side dish
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

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