Soetpatats met Botter, Kaneel & Bruinsuiker
Serves 6 10 min prep 35 min cook
Soft buttery sweet potatoes glazed with brown sugar and cinnamon — a nostalgic South African Sunday-lunch favourite.
Ingredients
- 1 kg sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced
- 50 g butter
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 125 ml water
- 1 pinch salt
Method
- Arrange the sweet potato slices in a wide saucepan.
- Add the butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, water and salt.
- Cover and simmer gently for about 20 minutes.
- Remove the lid and continue cooking until tender and syrupy.
- Turn carefully in the glaze.
- Serve warm.