Yams, Boiled
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash and peel the yams.
Soak the yams in cold water for 1 hour.
Boil and serve
Cover the yams with hot water and add a little salt.
Boil gently until tender.
Drain 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.
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What each ingredient does
- Yams
- Starchy base that softens and turns fluffy when cooked through in water.
The step that matters
Boil gently until tender. Boiling vigorously can break the outer layer of the yams and leave the centres unevenly cooked. Gentle heat lets starch soften evenly all the way through.
“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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