Baked Sweet Potatoes

This hardly warrants a recipe, but it makes such a delicious easy side that I want to share with you the Brazilian version of a baked potato. Sweet potatoes long roasted to exceptional sweetness with just a little butter added when they coming steaming out of the oven. That’s it.

Baked Sweet Potatoes with Salted or Clarified Butter

Batata-doce asada

Serves 4 as a side

2 large sweet potatoes, scrubbed clean
2 tablespoons salt
Salted butter, or if you have access – clarified butter

  1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Rub sweet potatoes with salt and wrap them in aluminum foil. 

  2. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 40 minutes or until tender. 

  3. Remove from the oven and unwrap the potatoes leaving the skin intact. Allow to cool for a few minutes. Either squeeze the potatoes until the skin breaks down the center or use a sharp knife to cut a slit through along the top length. 

  4. Serve with salted butter or a spoonful of clarified butter. 

From Brazilian Food by Thiago Castanho

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