**Plantation Sweet Potato Pone: A Journey Through History and Flavors**
In the heart of Southern cuisine lies a delectable treasure: Plantation Sweet Potato Pone. This iconic dish, deeply rooted in African-American culinary traditions, has captivated taste buds for generations. Embark on a culinary adventure as we explore the origins, significance, and irresistible flavors of Sweet Potato Pone, complemented by a collection of must-try recipes. Discover the secrets behind this beloved dish, from its humble beginnings to its evolution into a symbol of resilience and creativity. Uncover the secrets of preparing perfect Sweet Potato Pone, exploring variations that range from classic to contemporary. Indulge in a symphony of textures and flavors as you explore the diverse recipes featured in this article, each offering a unique interpretation of this Southern classic. Prepare to be tantalized by the perfect balance of sweet potatoes, spices, and love that make Sweet Potato Pone an enduring favorite.
SWEET POTATO PONE
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly spray a 9-inch square baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- Whisk together the butter with the brown sugar and molasses in a bowl. Whisk in the eggs, half-and-half and vanilla until smooth. Stir in the salt, spices, orange zest and juice. Fold in the sweet potatoes. Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish, then smooth the top and cover with foil.
- Bake until the center is set and the potatoes are soft, about 40 minutes. Remove the foil and bake until bubbling and starting to brown on the edges, another 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool to room temperature. Serve chilled or at room temperature with the Eggnog Whipped Cream.
- Add the whipping cream, confectioners' sugar and nutmeg to the chilled bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment (or a chilled large bowl if using a hand mixer) and whisk on high speed until soft peaks form, about 2 minutes. Fold in the eggnog.
SWEET POTATO PONE
This sweet potato pone is not just an eagerly anticipated side dish for Thanksgiving dinner—I make it to dress up ordinary meals, too. It's so delicious, you can almost serve it as a dessert! -Kristine Chayes, Smithtown, New York
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Side Dishes
Time 1h10m
Yield 12 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine sweet potatoes, sugar, corn syrup, butter and orange zest. In another bowl, combine flour, nutmeg and cinnamon. Add to sweet potato mixture; mix well. Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Bake until potatoes are bubbly and golden brown, 55-60 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.,
Nutrition Facts : Calories 270 calories, Fat 8g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 20mg cholesterol, Sodium 80mg sodium, Carbohydrate 49g carbohydrate (29g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 3g protein.
SWEET POTATO PONE
This recipe comes from my great great aunt Truly Jackson Williams from Tallula, Louisiana who was Papa Hollis' sister.
Provided by Great Chef
Categories Side Dish Vegetables Sweet Potatoes
Time 2h10m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a casserole dish with butter or oil.
- Place the sweet potato chunks into a large pot and cover with salted water. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and transfer to a large bowl.
- Mash the potatoes with a potato masher. Add the brown sugar, butter, condensed milk, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and salt to the mashed potato; beat with a wire whisk until fluffy. Crack the eggs into the bowl and continue whisking until the mixture is light in color; pour into the prepared dish.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 90 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 278.6 calories, Carbohydrate 30.5 g, Cholesterol 74.6 mg, Fat 16.9 g, Fiber 1.2 g, Protein 2.5 g, SaturatedFat 10.4 g, Sodium 157.4 mg, Sugar 24.1 g
PLANTATION SWEET POTATO PONE
Make and share this Plantation Sweet Potato Pone recipe from Food.com.
Provided by BogeysMom
Categories Yam/Sweet Potato
Time 1h30m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Combine the potatoes, lemon rind, and orange rind.
- Beat eggs, sugar and butter and stir into potato mixture.
- Add the spices, molasses, milk, and bourbon.
- Mix thoroughly and bake in a slow oven (about 300 degrees) for an hour in a buttered casserole.
SWEET POTATO PONE
This recipe is my great-grandmother's - she passed it down to my grandmother who passed it down to me. It's similar to pie but made in a casserole dish.
Provided by Kardea Brown
Categories dessert
Time 1h45m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350˚ F. Lightly spray a 9-inch square baking dish with cooking spray.
- Whisk together the melted butter, brown sugar and molasses in a large bowl. Whisk in the eggs, half-and-half and vanilla until smooth. Whisk in the salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, orange zest and orange juice. Fold in the sweet potatoes. Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish, then smooth the top and cover with foil.
- Bake until the center is set and the potatoes are soft, about 40 minutes. Remove the foil and bake until caramelized on top, another 10 minutes. Let cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes.
- To make the whipped cream topping: beat 1 cup heavy cream and 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar in a chilled bowl with a mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form, about 2 minutes.
LIBERIAN SWEET POTATO PONE
I found this North African recipe for the Zaar World Tour. I haven't made it *yet* but it looks yummy! Wait! Liberia is in West Africa *not* North Africa! Check your map, Beth!!!!
Provided by Elmotoo
Categories Yam/Sweet Potato
Time 50m
Yield 1 9-inch square pone
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- In a 3-quart saucepan, combine all ingredients and simmer slowly, stirring constantly, for 10 minutes.
- Pour into well-greased 9-inch baking pan.
- Bake at 325F for 30 minutes, stirring up every 5 minutes for the first 20 minutes.
- Smooth down the top and allow to brown.
- Cut into squares and serve either hot or cold.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1978.9, Fat 73.3, SaturatedFat 9.6, Sodium 3396.8, Carbohydrate 336.9, Fiber 12.5, Sugar 203.8, Protein 6.6
SWEET POTATO PONE (CAJUN)
This recipe comes from the 1986 cookbook, I Hear America Cooking, & although some will tell you that 'pone' should be considered a veggie side dish, others will let you know that it's definitely a dessert! Well, research tells me that, whatever else it is, centuries of cooking account for it as a sweet dessert!
Provided by Sydney Mike
Categories Dessert
Time 1h25m
Yield 12 bars, 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- FOR THE PONE: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F, then butter a 9"x9"x2" baking dish.
- In a mixing bowl, with a hand-held mixer, cream the sugar & butter, then gradually beat in the molasses & orange juice.
- In another container, from the 1 lemon, mince the zest & set it aside while removing & discarding the white pith from the lemon. After that, seed the lemon & chop the pulp fine, before adding this pulp to the sugar/butter mixture, along with the orange zest, eggs, seasonings & brandy, mixing well to combine.
- Add the grated sweet potatoes & mix well, then smooth this mixture into the prepared baking dish & bake for 1 hour.
- FOR THE CANDIED LEMON SLICES: Meanwhile, cut the 2 lemons crosswise into 1/8-inch slices & remove the seeds.
- In a covered pan, boil the sugar with the water for 5 minutes, then remove the cover & boil rapidly until syrup reaches the soft-ball stage (236 degrees F), then remove the pan from the heat.
- Dip lemon slices in the syrup & put them on a baking sheet to dry until ready to use.
- As soon as the pone is done, transfer the entire pone square to a rack to cool.
- When cooled, cut into 12 bars & top each with a candied lemon slice.
JAMAICAN SWEET POTATO PONE
This is from a cookbook called "Food of Jamaica." This cookbook is sold in Jamaica to Jamaicans. It is different from the other sweet potato pone recipes I found here and I like this profile. It's intro - Jamaicans never tire of anything made with sweet potato. This particuar pone, similar to those found in the American South, was inspired by the rich culinary heritage of Africa.
Provided by Ambervim
Categories Low Protein
Time 1h5m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Cook the sweet potato slices in boiling water for 20 minutes or until tender.
- Drain and mash with the brown sugar and butter.
- Stir in the orange juice.
- Lightly beat the egg yolks and add them to the mixture with the rum.
- Grease a pie plate.
- Beat the egg whites with the salt until stiff, but not dry.
- Gently fold the egg whites into the potato mix.
- Pour into the prpared pie plate.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until a knife inserted in the cener comes out clean.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 276.9, Fat 9.3, SaturatedFat 5.4, Cholesterol 82.3, Sodium 320.5, Carbohydrate 33.4, Fiber 4.6, Sugar 8.9, Protein 4.6
SWEET POTATO PONE
Make and share this Sweet Potato Pone recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Gay Gilmore
Categories Yam/Sweet Potato
Time 1h30m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Cook the potatoes unpeeled until tender throughout.
- Let cool.
- Peel and mash the potatoes, then stir in melted butter.
- In a bowl, beat the eggs, add sugar and beat thoroughly.
- Add milk, vanilla, molasses, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and orange zest.
- Beat until well blended.
- Stir into mashed sweet potatoes, then mix until well blended.
- Place the mixture into a buttered 1-1/2 quart baking dish.
- Optionally, you may sprinkle the top of the pone with additional brown sugar.
- Cover with foil and bake for 50 minutes ; uncover, then bake for 10 minutes.
- Allow the pone to cool completely before serving.
WARM SWEET POTATO-APPLE PONE
Sweet potato pone is a baked custard pudding-like dish that's something like a crustless sweet potato pie. This version is made with whole shreds of sweet potato, which is how it's often served during the holidays throughout the Caribbean and parts of the American South. It's a versatile dessert that can be made with other warming spices like ginger, nutmeg or clove, a little orange zest, or even rum-soaked raisins. This is a simplified version that replaces half of the sweet potatoes with shredded apple, which adds natural sweetness and a bit of creaminess as it cooks down. Choose from baking varieties like Honeycrisp, Fuji or Gala. Serve the pone warm from the oven with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Provided by Jerrelle Guy
Categories custards and puddings, dessert
Time 4h45m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease two 15-ounce au gratin pans or one 8-by-8-inch (or other similar size) baking dish with 2 teaspoons butter and set on a baking sheet.
- Peel and core the apple, then shred the apple using a box grater. Quickly pile the shreds in the center of a clean kitchen towel and squeeze them over the sink to remove excess water. Transfer to a large bowl along with the lemon juice and toss to coat. Add the sweet potatoes, evaporated milk, brown sugar, flour, egg, vanilla, cinnamon, salt and the remaining 2 tablespoons melted butter. Stir until thoroughly combined.
- Divide the mixture between the au gratin pans and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or transfer to the 8-by-8-inch baking dish and bake for 55 to 60 minutes, until the pone is slightly puffed, golden brown at the edges and set just enough that it doesn't jiggle when you shake the pan. Let cool in the pan for 5 to 10 minutes, then serve warm with ice cream.
Tips:
- Choose the right sweet potatoes. Look for firm, smooth sweet potatoes with no blemishes or bruises.
- Cook the sweet potatoes until they are very soft. This will ensure that they are easy to mash and will create a smooth pone.
- Use a food processor or blender to mash the sweet potatoes. This will help to create a smooth and creamy texture.
- Add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Be sure to taste the batter and adjust the seasonings as needed.
- Pour the batter into a greased baking dish and bake until the pone is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Serve the pone warm with butter, honey, or maple syrup.
Conclusion:
Plantation sweet potato pone is a delicious and easy-to-make Southern dish. It is a great way to use up leftover sweet potatoes and is a perfect side dish for any meal. With its simple ingredients and delicious flavor, plantation sweet potato pone is sure to be a hit with your family and friends.
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