Spiced Sweet Potato Pear Casserole With Bourbon Syrup Glaze
From chefmeow 16 years ago
- 50 minutes to make
- Serves 8
SPICED SWEET POTATO PEAR CASSEROLE WITH BOURBON SYRUP GLAZE This recipe came from an estate sale. I obtained it when I purchased the family collection from the Lopez Estate in Pilot Point, Texas in 1988.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter shopping list
- 3/4 cup dark corn syrup shopping list
- 1/2 cup pear nectar shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla shopping list
- 1/4 cup bourbon shopping list
- 1 tablespoon orange juice shopping list
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 4 large sweet potatoes peeled halved lengthwise and cut into 1/3” crosswise slices shopping list
- 4 large crisp pears peeled halved cored and cut into 1/4" lengthwise slices shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 400 then butter a rectangular baking dish.
- Stir butter, syrup, nectar, vanilla, bourbon and orange juice in small saucepan over medium.
- Heat until butter melts then increase heat and boil 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat then whisk in cinnamon, nutmeg and salt then set aside.
- Arrange one third of the sweet potato slices in the buttered dish.
- Top with half of the pear slices then one third of the sweet potato slices.
- Arrange remaining potatoes and pears on top overlapping slightly.
- Sprinkle lightly with salt if desired then pour syrup mixture over all.
- Cover dish tightly with aluminum foil then bake one hour.
- Uncover and bake until sweet potatoes are completely tender basting occasionally with syrup.
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I have to try this! Big 5.
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This sounds FABU!! Thanks ^^^^^5! :)
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