Tag: oven baked sweet potato

1kg sweet potatoes
60ml butter, softened
5ml salt
1,2ml cinnamon
grated zest of one orange
30ml orange juice
125ml cream
60ml brown sugar

Pecan crumble:
250ml pecan nuts
30ml brown sugar
2,5ml salt
30ml butter, softened
grated zest of one orange

Preheat your oven to 200℃ and line a baking sheet with aluminium foil.
Wash and dry the sweet potato and space them evenly apart on the baking sheet.
Place in the oven for one hour, remove and cool until the sweet potato can be handled comfortably.
Spray an ovenproof dish of 20cm x 20cm with cooking spray.
Scoop the flesh from the sweet potato and add it to a food processor with the butter, salt, cinnamon, orange zest, orange juice, cream and brown sugar.
Process until smooth.
Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish and set aside.

Add the pecan nuts, sugar, salt, butter and orange zest to a food processor and blitz together.
Sprinkle the crumble over the sweet potato mixture.
Bake in the oven for 25 minutes, remove and serve warm.