Recipes
Yummy Yam Tart
From: Amy Rabin
6 Tbsp (3/4 stick) butter or marg
1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 Tbsp minced fresh ginger
1 Tbsp grated lemon peel
1/2 tsp salt
Nonstick vegetable oil spray
3 lbs small tender yams, peeled, sliced into 1/4 inch thick rounds
1/4 Cup all purpose flour
Melt butter/marg.
Add brown sugar, ginger, lemon peel and salt.
Stir until sugar dissolves- about 4 minutes.
Keep warm.
Position rack in top third of oven and preheat to 400F.
Line pie plate with foil
Spray foil with nonstick spray.
Toss yams with flour in large bowl.
Add brown sugar mixture; stir to coat.
Arrange yams alternately in overlapping circles in prepared pie plate.
Spoon any remaining brown sugar mixture over yams.
Press on yams to compact.
Cover with foil and bake until just tender about 1 hour.
Uncover and press potatoes with metal spatula to compact.
Continue baking until potatoes are very tender pressing on potatoes occassionally, about 30 minutes longer.
Serves 6-8