Batat: a recipe for a delicious dish

The hero of our today's article will be potatoes - sweet potato. Recipes from this vegetable, unfortunately, do not enjoy great popularity in our country, but in vain! After all, it is not only very tasty, but also very useful product. We bring to your attention several recipes for the preparation of this vegetable.

What is sweet potato?

This vegetable is a sweet variety of potatoes. He came to us from faraway America, where he has been deservedly popular for many decades. Its taste is both sweet and spicy, so it blends nicely with meat that requires a sweet accompaniment (eg pork or turkey). So, on a traditional Thanksgiving Day, Americans regularly cook a turkey with sweet potato. In addition, sweet potatoes are perfectly combined with various acidic foods ( lemon juice, orange peel , etc.), as well as with spicy condiments (pepper, curry). Dishes of yam, recipes which we will tell you today, include not only the first and second, but also a variety of desserts (for example, puddings). By the way, the sweet taste of this vegetable in his homeland is enhanced by adding yellow sugar or maple syrup.

Cooking stuffed sweet potato: recipes with photos

To pamper your household with this interesting dish, you must first take care of the presence in the kitchen of the following products: kilogram of sweet potato, 150 grams of sour cream, half a lemon (we will use not only juice, but also zest), a tablespoon of canned green pepper, butter, Olive oil and a little salt.

Batat washed, punctured with a fork, put them on the grill, which will later bake in the oven. Slightly lubricate with olive oil. With each vegetable cut a small piece in the form of a lid and extract the flesh. In a separate bowl, mix it with sour cream, lemon juice and grated peel, grains of canned green pepper and salt. All the ingredients are mixed and filled with a given mass of sweet potato. Top on each vegetable spread on a small slice of butter. Preheat the oven and bake the sweet potatoes until cooked. Stuffed sweet potato, the recipe of which we just told, will become a real decoration of your table. This dish can be prepared for a daily lunch or dinner, or for a festive banquet. Bon Appetit!

Batat: a recipe for soup-puree

To prepare this dish we need to stock up the following products: sweet potato - five pieces, butter - a tablespoon, as much flour, and a half teaspoons of salt, a little ginger, cinnamon, thyme, brown sugar - a tablespoon, one and a half glasses of meat broth and a glass of milk .

Sweet potatoes are cleaned, mine and cook until ready for about half an hour. Drain and pour into the pan all the prepared ingredients, except milk. With a mixer, mix all the products to a consistency of puree. We add the milk and put it on the fire. When the mass boils, continue to cook for about 7-10 minutes. Delicious soup-puree from sweet potato is ready! On the table it must be served hot. Bon Appetit!

Glazed sweet potatoes

Batat, the recipe of which we want to offer to your attention, will be perfectly combined with a variety of meat dishes, for example, with such as roast lamb. In order to cook a similar garnish, we need to stock up the following products: 800 grams of sweet potato, a teaspoon of salt, maple syrup - 125 ml, 1 teaspoon of bitter angostura, as much lemon juice and three tablespoons of butter.

Sweet potatoes are washed with a brush under a stream of water, then put into a saucepan, pour water and cook for about half an hour. We check the readyness of the vegetable with the tip of the knife. We merge the water, let the sweet potato cool down a bit, cut each tuber into four lobules and sprinkle with salt. Mix in a small saucepan maple syrup with lemon juice, bitter angostura and butter. We put it on the fire and warm it up, stirring constantly. Then we glance the sweet potatoes in the resulting mass. Prepared in this way, sweet potato is very juicy and fragrant. Bon Appetit!

How to cook chestnuts with sweet potatoes

Batat, the recipe of which we offer you, is a magnificent dessert. Exquisite taste and delicate aroma of this dish will surprise and conquer both members of your family and guests. So, to prepare this dessert, we need to take care of the availability of the following products: 400 grams of canned chestnuts, kilograms of sweet potato, 1.3 cups of sugar, dessert wine - 4 tablespoons, two-thirds of a glass of chestnut syrup and some honey.

Sweet potatoes are peeled, washed, cooked until ready and dried. We spread it into a blender and crush it to a homogeneous consistency. Transfer the sweet potato into a small saucepan, add sugar, syrup, honey, wine and, stirring constantly, cook on low heat for about a quarter of an hour. Then we pour out chestnuts, mix and cook for another couple of minutes. The delicious dessert of sweet potato with chestnuts is ready! You can serve it on the table!

The recipe for sweet potato with minced meat and tomatoes

This dish, combined with a side dish of rice, is perfect for a hearty and tasty lunch or dinner. To make it, we need the following ingredients: a kilogram of sweet potatoes, 4 tomatoes, half a kilo of minced meat, a bulb, a little vegetable oil, as well as spices and salt to your taste.

Batat thoroughly washed, cut into several parts and dried. We put it on a frying pan and fry it with vegetable oil until it darkens. Onions are cleaned and finely chopped. In a separate frying pan fry it until golden brown. After that, add minced meat, spices, salt and fry until the meat is ready. My tomatoes, peeled off, cut into small pieces and spread to the stuffing. Stir and cook another 10 minutes. We put the sweet potatoes in a cauldron. On top, lay out the mince and pour the remaining sauce from the frying pan. We turn on a strong fire and make it ready, stirring constantly. On the table, this dish should be served hot.

Today we got a better idea of what the sweet potato is, the recipes of which are rather simple and affordable, and the dishes made from it are delicious, fragrant and exquisite.