Glazed Sweet Potatoes & Prunes with Ginger
Glazed Sweet Potatoes & Prunes with Ginger

Glazed Sweet Potatoes & California Prunes with Ginger

Orange-glazed sweet potatoes sprinkled with crystallized ginger will find a place at any holiday meal alongside ham, turkey or roast pork.

Makes: 6Prep Time: 10 minutesCook Time: 55 minutes

INGREDIENTS

  • 3 medium sweet potatoes (about 450g)
  • 1 cup pitted California Prunes (about 170g)
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 3/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 4 teaspoons chopped crystallized ginger

DIRECTIONS

  1. Heat oven to 175°C.
  2. Cut each sweet potato into 4 wedges, lengthwise. Cut each wedge in half across.
  3. Place sweet potatoes and California Prunes in lightly oiled baking dish large enough to hold potatoes in one layer.
  4. In small bowl, whisk together orange juice, honey, oil, zest, salt and cinnamon; pour evenly over sweet potatoes and California Prunes.
  5. Sprinkle with ginger.
  6. Cover tightly with foil; bake 45 minutes.
  7. Remove foil; baste sweet potatoes with juices from baking dish.
  8. Bake about 10 minutes more or until sweet potatoes are tender and glazed.

NUTRITION FACTS

CALORIES236
PERCENTAGE CALORIES FROM FAT9
TOTAL FAT3
PROTEIN3
SODIUM215
CARBOHYDRATE53
POTASSIUM781