Glazed Spam and Sweet Potatoes

This wacky recipe was in my grandmother's recipe file. I'll have to try it sometime when I feel like doing something different with my Spam... Show more

Ready In: 1 hr 20 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

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Directions

  1. Boil sweet potatoes for 30 minutes or until cooked; drain.
  2. Meanwhile, make raisin sauce. Mix brown sugar, water, raisins, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, salt, 1 tbsp butter, jelly, and cloves in a saucepan. Boil for 7 minutes.
  3. Mash sweet potatoes with milk and 1 tbsp butter. Season with salt and pepper.
  4. Score top of Spam loaf in diamond pattern. Place in a shallow baking dish and spoon the sweet potatoes around it.
  5. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes, basting loaf several times with raisin sauce.
  6. In the last five minutes of cooking, arrange marshmallows on sweet potatoes and allow to brown.
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