Anna sent me an email with the recipe for Sweet Potatoes Au Gratin:

I can tell you it’s very good! I like it because I’m so tired of the same old recipe that involves marshmallows and brown sugar, or sometimes I just bake them with butter. This is very popular with several of my friends down here.

“Down here” is the lake where they are living.  The recipe sounded a little strange for sweet potatoes – Parmesan cheese and a little Cayenne pepper.  But I knew I wanted to try it.  If Anna said it was good, I knew it would be good.

Honestly, I thought I would make it before Thanksgiving so I could share the recipe with you, but the month got away from me, and I made it for our Thanksgiving meal.

Anna is right.  Sweet Potatoes Au Gratin is a keeper.  It is easy to put together, and is a welcome change from the sugary sweet sweet potatoes normally served during the holidays.  You might want to try this for a Christmas meal.

Begin with four pounds of sweet potatoes.  These tubers were rather large and weighed about a pound each.  (I did weigh them at the Krogers.  Peal them and then slice them.  Takes a little time, but is really very easy.

Gather the other ingredients:  Parmesan cheese, whipping cream, Cayenne pepper, salt and pepper.  You also need a little butter. (not pictured)

The potatoes are peeled and sliced about 1/4 of an inch thick.  Place one layer of sweet potatoes in the buttered pan.  (The recipe calls for using a 9X13 inch pan.)

Sprinkle 1/4 cup of Parmesan Cheese over the layer of sweet potatoes.

Make two more layers of sweet potatoes and Parmesan cheese.  There is a bad shadow on this picture.  Ugh!!

Mix whipping cream, salt, ground pepper, and Cayenne pepper together.

Pour the cream mixture over the sweet potatoes/Parmesan cheese layers.  That is it!  So easy.

Dot with the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter.

Cover with foil, and bake for about 20 minutes.  Then remove foil and bake another 20-25 minutes until the sweet potatoes are tender and browned.

Yum!  Thank you Anna for a great recipe.

This is different, but you can still taste the sweetness of the sweet potatoes.  The Cayenne pepper taste is not at all strong. This is a more savory dish.  The rich whipping cream and Parmesan cheese makes a wonderful delicious sauce.  For something different, give these Sweet Potatoes Au Gratin a try.  I think you will like them.

Blessings to you and yours,

To get the printable recipe, click on the title of this post or go to lanabird.com.  The print button is under the share button.