The recipe
Ingredients
Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Also mentioned in the method: egg yolk, egg, butter, cream, bread, crackers
Directions
Prepare
Boil large sweet potatoes.
Peel and cut into thick slices when cold.
Cook and serve
Dip slices in melted butter and brown over coals or gas flame.
Pour a little melted butter over them and serve.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Sweet potatoes (in the method)
- Provide the starchy base that softens when boiled and browns on the griddle.
- Butter (in the method)
- Adds fat that carries flavour and helps the slices brown on the hot surface.
The step that matters
Browning the slices over coals or gas flame. Sugars and starches in the cooked potato brown and caramelise over direct high heat. Slices that are not dry on the surface or are placed on too low a heat will steam rather than brown, so the flavour stays flat.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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