Sweetpotato: Diced Rum-Raisin Sweetpotato Bake

Name: Sweetpotato: Diced Rum-Raisin Sweetpotato Bake
Yield: Serves 6 as a side dish
Ingredients: ⅓ cup raisins or dried cranberries; ¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg; 1 teaspoon ground coriander; ⅓ cup raisins or dried cranberries; 3 pounds sweetpotatoes; 1 tablespoon hazelnut or walnut oil or butter; 1 tablespoon hazelnut or walnut oil or butter; ½ teaspoon allspice; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; ⅓ cup dark rum; 1¼ cups cranberry juice or apple cider; 1 tablespoon hazelnut or walnut oil or butter; 2 tablespoons brown sugar; 1¼ cups cranberry juice or apple cider

Preparation info

Serves
6
as a side dish

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Vegetables from Amaranth to Zucchini

By Elizabeth Schneider

Published 2001

About

Peeled, cubed, and baked with juice, rum, sweet spices, and raisins or cranberries, sweetpotatoes deserve more than a one-time Thanksgiving appearance. Any type of sweet will work here, but one that turns yellow with baking will have a particularly warm look.

Ingredients

1¼ cups cranberry juice or apple cider
⅓ cup dark rum
2

Side dish
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Preheat oven to 375°F Combine juice, rum, sugar, oil, salt, allspice, coriander, and nutmeg in a small pan. Heat, stirring, until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat.
Peel sweets and cut into ¾- to 1-inch cubes. Spread half in lightly oiled