Baked Stuffed Yams

Submitted by Sydney Mike

"Yet another recipe that comes from the Sunset Ideas for Cooking Vegetables, 1973, & is a recipe worth considering for the winter holidays!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 yams, medium-sized
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons orange zest, minced
• 2 egg whites
• 1⁄8 cup parmesan cheese, grated

directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F & set out a shallow baking pan.
2. Scrub yams well & pat dry.
3. Rub each with butter or salad oil, then pierce skin with a fork & place in the baking pan.
4. Bake until soft, about 30-40 minutes, OR bake at a lower temperature along with meat for about 1 hour. Remove from oven.
5. While yams are cooling slightly, beat 2 egg whites until stiff, then set aside.
6. When yams have cooled enough to handle, cut a slice off a side of each yam so that you can scoop out the pulp into a mixing bowl & leaving about a quarter-inch thick shell.
7. To the pulp, add butter, salt & pepper & orange zest, beating to mix thoroughly.
8. Fold in beaten & stiff egg whites.
9. Stuff this filling back into the yam shells & sprinkle tops with Parmesan cheese.
10. Return to a 350 degree F oven & bake another 10-15 minutes before serving.

Reviews

[Debbwl]

The egg whites fold into the mashed sweet potato give this stuffed potato an almost soufflé feel and the saltiness of the parmesan mixed with sweet potato yum. I cut the recipe in half and used one super jumbo (3.5 pounder) sweet potato that DH and I shard, add a little extra parmesan to the top. Made for a nice lunch, thanks for the post.

 

[AZPARZYCH]

This was really good stuffed potato, I especially liked the parmesan on top! I made as written, but added more cheese on top, I liked the saltiness of the parmesan with the sweetness of the sweet potato. Made for 123Hits.

 

[gertc96]

I guess my first review didn't take. :-( These were really good. I just fixed one for myself for lunch and it was wonderful. I love sweet potatoes anyway and fixing them this way made them that much better. I didn't have any orange so I left out the orange zest, but they were still great. Thanks so much for sharing. Made for PRMR tag game.