Sweet Potato and Apple Hobo Pack
- 1/4 cup golden raisins
- 3 tablespoons Cognac
- 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and quartered lengthwise
- 2 Golden Delicious apples, unpeeled, cored and quartered
- 1 large red onion, peeled and sliced thin
- 1/4 cup finely chopped sage
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon orange zest (about 1 orange)
- Salt and pepper
- Build a fire in the grill.
- Let the fire die down, until the coals are covered with gray ash.
- Put the golden raisins and Cognac in a small bowl and soak for 10 minutes.
- Tear off 8 sheets of heavy-duty foil, each about 2 feet long, and divide them into 2 stacks.
- Place half the sweet potato quarters, apple quarters, onion slices and sage in the center of the top sheet in each stack.
- Dot each with half the butter and half the raisins, plus the orange zest and salt and pepper to taste.
- Fold the top sheet in each stack over the vegetables, rotate each package one-quarter turn, and fold the second sheet over it.
- Repeat with remaining 2 sheets of foil.
- Place the packs in the coals around the periphery of the fire.
- Pile up the coals around the pack and cook 30 minutes.
- Remove the pack from the coals, unwrap and check: If the sweet potatoes need more time, put the pack back in the coals or in a 300-degree oven until the potatoes are easily pierced with a fork but give a bit of resistance.
golden raisins, cognac, sweet potatoes, golden delicious apples, red onion, sage, butter, orange zest, salt
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017484 (may not work)