Thomas Jefferson'S Chartreuse Of Vegetables

• 2 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes
• 1/4 cup whipping cream
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• Dash of pepper
• 1 pound fresh green beans
• 3 large carrots, scraped
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 2 small zucchini, thinly sliced
• 2 medium potatoes or turnips, peeled and diced
• 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 cup fresh green peas
• 1 1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded Swiss cheese

1. Scrub sweet potatoes thoroughly; bake at 400u0b0 for 1 hour until potatoes yield slightly to pressure. Let cool to touch; peel and mash. Add whipping cream, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and dash of pepper; mix well, and set aside.
2. Break tips from green beans; remove strings. Wash in cold water and drain. Cut in 3 1/2-inch lengths; set aside. Cut remaining pieces of beans into 1/4-inch lengths. Set aside.
3. Cut carrots into 3 1/2-inch lengths; slice into 1/4-inch-thick strips. Set aside. Cut remaining pieces of carrots into 1/4-inchthick slices.
4. Place green beans in a steaming rack; steam over boiling water until crisp-tender. Immediately immerse in ice water to stop cooking. Drain well. Season with salt and pepper to taste; set aside. Repeat procedure with carrots, zucchini, and potatoes or turnips.
5. Combine butter and garlic; set aside.
6. Grease a 2-quart charlotte mold, and line bottom with waxed paper.
7. Arrange a layer of steamed vegetables and peas in an attractive pattern in bottom of charlotte mold. Spread one-fourth sweet potato mixture over vegetables. Place green beans and carrot sticks upright around side of mold, alternating beans and carrot sticks. Spoon one-fourth garlic butter over sweet potato mixture. Sprinkle with one-fourth Swiss cheese. Repeat layers three times.
8. Bake, uncovered, at 350u0b0 for 40 to 45 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes; invert onto serving platter. Serve warm.

sweet potatoes, whipping cream, salt, pepper, green beans, carrots, salt, zucchini, potatoes, butter, clove garlic, fresh green peas, swiss cheese

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/thomas-jeffersons-chartreuse-of-vegetables (may not work)