Sweet Potato Confit

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Preparation info
  • Makes approximately

    1 cup

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Plant-Based Gourmet

By Suzannah Gerber

Published 2021

  • About

Sweet and tender, a sweet potato confit is literally melt-in-yourmouth delicious. A true indulgence, it is best served in small portions, as a side or a small tapas-style appetizer, since it is fried at a low temperature for tenderness and richness. Confit is an excellent technique to treat vegetables, enriching the flavor and adding a creaminess to the texture, but was traditionally applied to salted meats to preserve them. It also works well applied to the S