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: 3 tbsp soft light brown sugar; ½ tsp cayenne; 2 tsp brown sugar; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; generous grating of fresh nutmeg; leaves from 2 sprigs of thyme; salt; pepper; ½ tsp ground ginger; juice of 2 limes; juice of ½ lime; ½ tsp cinnamon, ground; ½ tbsp ground allspice; ½ tbsp black peppercorns, ground; 5 tbsp sunflower or groundnut oil; 1.4 kg (3 lb 3½ oz) sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced about the size of an orange segment; 50 g (1¾ oz) butter, slightly softened

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.