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Candied sweet potatoes with orange

Candied sweet potatoes with orange

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Sweet potato slices are first blanched, then coated in a mixture of sugar, butter, and orange juice, and baked until tender and glossy.

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Recipe from Yivan000, Urbano (Wikibooks), adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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This Filipino dish highlights sweet potato, served with a buttery, orange-flavored syrup. The oven-baking process makes it tender and slightly caramelized. A delicious accompaniment for your festive meals.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time20 min
  • Total40 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$11.93 $1.99 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

6 people
  • $9.30
  • $0.45
  • $1.06
  • $0.32
  • $0.80

Prices from US supermarkets for 4 of 5 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into slices. ≈ 8 min
  2. Blanch them in boiling water, then drain them.
  3. Place them in a baking dish. ≈ 3 min
  4. Prepare a syrup by heating the sugar and water together.
  5. Add the butter, orange juice, and zest to the syrup. ≈ 3 min
  6. Pour over the syrup over the sweet potatoes. ≈ 3 min
  7. Bake in a preheated oven at 165 °C (330 °F) for 20 minutes, or until tender.
  8. Regularly pour the syrup over the surface during cooking. ≈ 3 min

The bill

Candied sweet potatoes with orange

  • 1 kg of sweet potatoes$9.30
  • 400 g of sugar$0.45
  • 115 g of butter$1.06
  • 120 ml of juice made from 2 oranges$0.32
  • zest of 2 oranges$0.80

Total$11.93

that's $1.99 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Ingredients

  • 1 kg of sweet potatoes
  • 400 g of sugar
  • 240 ml of water
  • 115 g of butter
  • 120 ml of juice made from 2 oranges
  • zest of 2 oranges

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