Sweet Potato Cakes - Broas Castelares
From gourmetana 14 years ago
- 15 minutes to make
- Serves 16
These are small oval cakes made for the Christmas period. These delicious “broas” are sold all over Portugal both before and well after the season.
Ingredients
- 4 oz ground almonds shopping list
- 4 oz granulated sugar shopping list
- 3 tbsp honey shopping list
- 7 oz sweet potato puree shopping list
- 1 large egg shopping list
- 2 tbsp flour shopping list
- 2 tbsp fine maize flour (= corn flour) shopping list
- Grated rind of 1 small orange and of 1 small lemon shopping list
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon shopping list
- Beaten egg for brushing shopping list
How to make it
- Make a sweet potato puree by boiling sweet potatoes in plain water then peeling and mashing, weighing the amount needed.
- Mix the puree, almonds, sugar and honey.
- Bring to the heat, stirring, to dry up a little.
- Remove from the heat, add the remaining ingredients and beat well.
- Cool the mixture and shape oval cakes, measuring about 1 inch on the widest part. Pinch ends to make them look like leaves. Flatten to 1/2 inch. Brush with beaten egg.
- Bake in a hot oven (425F) for 15 min or until golden brown.
The Rating
Reviewed by 7 people-
Que bacana, vou fazer isso hoje, tenho todos os ingredientes em casa. Depois te digo como foi!! 5
heartbrazil
in Bahia loved it
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These sound delish, but I wonder where I could get corn flour.
tablescape
in loved it
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High 5!YUM!
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