Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients

• about two or three pounds of sweet potatoes
• half a cup of sugar
• half a spoonful of flour
• half a spoonful of butter
• a little salt
• a cup of water

Method

1. 1

   Peel and slice sweet potatoes.

2. 2

   Layer in a saucepan with butter, sugar, and flour.

3. 3

   Pour water over the last layer and stew gently, stirring occasionally.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Banquets of the nations (1911) by Robert H. Christie, page 16. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Sweet Potatoes.) Cut off the wings of six quails at the first pinion, remove the breast bone, and stuff with bread crumbs, chopped mushrooms, two minced chicken livers, and one ounce fat bacon, season with aromatic spices, and bind together with an egg. Put them in a pot, and on the top of them a large onion very finely sliced. Make a paste of two tablespoonfuls of curry powder, one tablespoonful of brown sugar, two tablespoonfuls of !3 BANQUETS OF THE NATIONS vinegar, mix well, first adding three sliced apples : place the mixture on the top of the sliced onions. Shut the pot very closely, and simmer very slowly for an hour. Then stir all well together, and simmer gently for another hour. No water or other liquid is to be used when cooking. When finished, add a cupful of cream, and two tablespoonfuls of tomato pulp which has been put through a sieve. Serve with sweet potatoes. The curry powder is made of the following : — Two ounces turmeric, one ounce coriander, one ounce cummin, one ounce cardamoms, one ounce cocoanut, one ounce ginger, one ounce cinnamon, quarter-ounce cloves, half- ounce mustard seeds, one ounce large green chilli, a small point of garlic, and a pinch of cayenne. Pound all together, and mix very carefully. Sweet Potatoes. Peel and slice about two or three pounds of sweet potatoes, take half a cup of sugar, half a spoonful of flour, half a spoonful of butter, and a little salt. Slice the potatoes, put into an enamelled saucepan in layers, and sprinkle each layer with butter, sugar, and flour, and when you have put in the last layer pour over it a cup of water

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