Chanukah Recipes
Sweet Potato Tzimmes
Yield: at least 8 servings
Ingredients
- 5 large sweet potatoes, peeled, cut into chunks and cooked
- 4 large carrots, peeled, cut into chunks and cooked
- 1 cup pitted prunes, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/3 cup honey
- 2 tablespoons melted margarine
- 1/8 teaspoon ground pepper
- Salt, to taste
- Orange juice (optional)
- 2 or 3 apples, peeled and sliced
Instructions
- Mash sweet potatoes and carrots. Mix in the prunes. Add cinnamon, salt, and pepper. Combine honey and margarine.
- Grease a 2 quart casserole dish. Alternate layers of mashed seasoned vegetables and apples, dribbling honey (and juice) mixture over each layer. End with vegetable layer.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for about 45 minutes.
Notes
These freeze well.