Featured Wine
Recipe
Melting Sweet Potatoes
2 or 3 sweet potatoes
Butter
Salt/Pepper
Preheat the oven to 425. Peel and cut the sweet potatoes into discs roughly 1 inch high, trying to keep the same height to help with even cooking.
Spray a roasting pan or sheet with nonstick spray and put the potatoes on it.
Brush/drizzle melted butter on the potatoes and sprinkle with the salt and pepper. Flip the potatoes and do the same on the other side.
Bake in the oven for 20 minutes.
Flip the potatoes. Brush with extra butter if you want (i did)
Bake another 15-20 minutes, until potatoes are done. Plate up!
Maple Pecan Sauce
1 cup maple syrup
1 cup chopped pecans
pinch of salt
While the potatoes are baking, put maple syrup on the stove on medium heat. When the syrup comes to a low boil, lower heat and add salt and pecans. Mix well, then turn the heat back up to allow the mix to come to a low boil again. Drizzle over plated potatoes.
Feature Wine
November's featured wine is our Malbec, Foofurah. This semi-dry, low in tannins red is a wonderful middle of the road wine that many dry drinkers as well as sweet drinkers can enjoy. Although it's light in flavor compared to some Malbecs, it easily holds up to the sweetness of the maple syrup while still letting the flavor of the sweet potatoes shine through. This combination could be used as a side dish or appetizer for Thanksgiving or Christmas.