Copper's Rummed-Yams
Category: Side Dishes
Ingredients
- 2 pounds yams, peeled
- butter for greasing casserole
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons grated orange peel
- 1/2 cup Bacardi Dark rum
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- salt to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon mace
- juice of 1 orange
- 1/2 cup butter
Directions
Boil yams until 2/3's cooked. Slice and set aside. Butter casserole dish and sprinkle with brown sugar and orange peel. Warm rum in small pan and pour over peel and sugar. Flame.
Arrange yam slices over. Sprinkle with cinnamon, salt, mace and orange juice. Dot with butter and bake for about 40 minutes in 350 oven. Serve immediately.