Nutty Sweet Potato Balls With Sliced Pineapple
From mystic_river1 15 years ago
- 70 minutes to make
- Serves 12
So kid-friendly! And you can make it more so by rolling only half the ball in pecans and use raisins to make eyes, nose and mouth. Us big kids like 'em too!
Ingredients
- 4 large sweet potatoes shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups pecans, toasted and crushed shopping list
- 2 tablespoons vegan "butter" (may use real butter if not making vegan) shopping list
- 1 teaspoon sea salt shopping list
- Pinch nutmeg (freshly grated) shopping list
- Pinch cinnamon shopping list
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup shopping list
- 1 tablespoon orange juice shopping list
- olive oil spray shopping list
- 12 slices cored pineapple (fresh or canned) shopping list
How to make it
- Bake sweet potatoes in a 350°F oven for 1 hour or until soft. Remove from oven and set aside until cool enough to handle.
- Alternate, you can cook in microwave or buy canned. Fresh is the best, though.
- While potatoes bake, place pecans in a strainer and rinse under running water. Drain.
- Heat a frying pan over medium high heat, add drained pecans and, stirring constantly, dry roast nuts for 3 to 5 minutes (until they release a nutty fragrance).
- Remove from heat and cool. Place in a plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin. Set aside.
- Cut cooked potatoes in half and scoop flesh from skins and place into a bowl.
- Discard skins. Add "butteror vegan "butter",kosher or sea salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, maple syrup and orange juice to the bowl and mix well.
- Turn mixture onto a clean work surface and divide into 12 even portions.
- Roll each portion into a ball approximately 2 inches in diameter. (Wet hands with water or oil to make it easier.)
- Lightly spray a baking sheet with olive oil. Place cored pineapple slices on sheet.
- Roll each ball in crushed, roasted pecans and place a coated sweet potato ball in the center of each pineapple slice.
- When done, lightly spray top of each ball with olive oil.
The Rating
Reviewed by 14 people-
I love them sweet taters! These sound yummy!
jett2whit
in Union City loved it
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They look so pretty!
elgab89
in Toronto loved it
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A perfect recipe for the up and coming holidays not only the kids will love them but the adults will too.
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