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Chipolte Scalloped Sweet Potatoes

Total Time: 1 hours 25 minutesPrep: 0 hours 10 minutesCook: 1 hours 15 minutesYield: 4 to 6 servingsLevel: Easy
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time1 hour 30 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Dinner, pot luck, starch, Thanksgiving
Servings: 6
Author: TetonTrekker
Cost: 10

Equipment

  • Chef Knife
  • Rapid-Prep Mandoline.
  • Deep Dish Pie Plate
  • (-or-) 2-qt. Enameled Cast Iron Baker
  • Peeler
  • Manual Food Processor
  • Aluminum

Ingredients

Produce

  • 3 Medium Sweet Potatoes pick some that are thin in diameter

Dairy

  • 1 ½ Cups Heavy Cream
  • ½ Cup Bulgarian buttermilk Can be substituted with regular buttermilk
  • Butter

Pantry

  • 2 Large Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce
  • 2 heaping tsp Adobo Sauce

Baking & Spices

  • pampered Chef Chipotle Rub
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  • Rub the bottom, sides, and corners of the Deep Dish Oie Plate (or a 2-qt. Enameled Cast Iron Baker) with butter. Shorting works, but please do not use cooking spray.
  • Peel the sweet potatoes.
  • Using the Rapid Prep Mandoline, slice the sweet potatoes into thin disks.
  • Mix together cream, buttermilk, chipotles, and adobo sauce, in the manual food processor until mostly smooth with a few small pieces of peppers.
  • In a 2-qt. Enameled Cast Iron Baker, arrange the potatoes in even layers. Drizzle each layer with 3 or 4 tablespoons of the cream mixture and season each layer with salt and pepper. Repeat with the remaining potatoes, cream, and salt and pepper. Pour the remaining cream over the last layer making sure all potatoes are wet.
  • Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes.
  • Remove cover and continue baking for 45 aditional minutesr, or until the cream has been absorbed, the potatoes are cooked through, and the top is browned.

Notes

This is a very popular dish at pot lucks. It goes great with any dish. I would double or triple as needed for a crowd.