Sweet Potato and Yam Galette
- 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter
- 1/2 cup (packed) dark brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Nonstick vegetable oil spray
- 1 1/2 pounds small slender tan-skinned sweet potatoes, peeled, sliced into 1/4-inch-thick rounds
- 1 1/2 pounds small slender yams (red-skinned sweet potatoes), peeled, sliced into 1/4-inch-thick rounds
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- Lemon wedges
- Melt butter in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat.
- Add brown sugar, ginger, lemon peel and salt; stir until sugar dissolves, about 4 minutes.
- Keep warm.
- Position rack in top third of oven and preheat to 400F.
- Line 9- to 10-inch-diameter, 13/4-inch-deep ovenproof skillet with foil.
- Spray foil with nonstick spray.
- Toss sweet potatoes and yams with flour in large bowl.
- Add brown sugar mixture; stir to coat potatoes and yams.
- Arrange sweet potatoes and yams alternately in overlapping circles in prepared skillet.
- Spoon any remaining brown sugar mixture over potatoes.
- Press on potatoes to compact.
- Cover with foil.
- Bake potatoes until just tender, about 1 hour.
- Uncover and press potatoes with metal spatula to compact.
- Continue baking until potatoes are very tender, pressing on potatoes occasionally, about 30 minutes longer.
- (Can be made 4 hours ahead.
- Let stand at room temperature.
- Rewarm in 400F oven about 30 minutes.)
- Let stand 10 minutes.
- Using oven mitts, invert skillet onto platter.
- Remove skillet.
- Peel off foil.
- Replace any pieces of sweet potatoes and yams that may have become dislodged.
- Cut galette into wedges; serve with lemon wedges.
butter, brown sugar, fresh ginger, salt, vegetable oil spray, sweet potatoes, yams, flour, lemon wedges
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/sweet-potato-and-yam-galette-4406 (may not work)