Sweet Potato Casserole With Ginger

Name: Sweet Potato Casserole With Ginger
Yield: Serves 8 to 12
Ingredients: 3 pounds, sweet potatoes (about 6 medium potatoes), peeled, halved lengthwise, and halves cut crosswise into 1/4-inch slices; 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 2 tablespoons, honey; 3 tablespoons, molasses; 1 tablespoon, grated fresh ginger or 1 teaspoon powdered ginger; 3/4 teaspoon, table salt; 1/4 teaspoon, cayenne pepper; 1 1/2 tablespoons, cornstarch

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 1998

For a great side dish that doesn’t taste like a dessert, parboil the potatoes before baking, cut down on the butter, and sweeten with a combination of molasses and honey.

SERVES8 to 12

TIME1¾ hours

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We wanted a sweet potato casserole recipe that was sweet without being cloying, rich enough without gratuitous fat, and didn't require the better part of the holiday weekend to prepare. We first found we needed to precook the potatoes for o...

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