Hot Honey Baked Sweet Potatoes
Updated December 16, 2024
Christopher Testani for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews.
- Total Time
- 1 hour 10 minutes
- Prep Time
- 10 minutes
- Cook Time
- 1 hour
- Rating
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Ingredients
8 small to medium sweet potatoes, scrubbed (about 3 pounds)
¼ cup clover honey
½ teaspoon ground cayenne
2 teaspoons hot sauce
Salt and black pepper
4 to 5 ounces goat cheese or blue cheese, softened
¼ cup heavy cream
4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 8 pats
½ cup roasted, salted nuts, coarsely chopped
Finely chopped rosemary or sage, for topping
Nutritional analysis per serving (8 servings)
47 grams carbs; 31 milligrams cholesterol; 357 calories; 6 grams monosaturated fat; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 9 grams saturated fat; 17 grams fat; 7 grams fiber; 556 milligrams sodium; 8 grams protein; 16 grams sugar
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Heat oven to 425 degrees and line a large rimmed sheet pan with foil. Pierce the potatoes all over with a fork and place them along the edges of the pan (where it gets the hottest).
- Step 2
Bake until tender and reduced in size, 1 to 1¼ hours. A fork should pierce through the largest potato’s center easily. Remove the pan from the oven and leave on the counter to finish steaming, about 15 minutes.
- Step 3
Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine the honey and cayenne pepper. Heat the mixture over medium, stirring occasionally, until bubbling. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until slightly reduced, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from the heat, stir in the hot sauce and season with black pepper. Set aside to cool slightly.
- Step 4
To a large bowl, add the goat cheese, heavy cream and a pinch of salt. Whisk the mixture by hand or with an electric mixer until smooth, thick and the consistency of sour cream, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Step 5
When the potatoes have cooled slightly, slice each in half lengthwise without cutting through the bottom. Then, using both hands, gently pinch the bottoms up to push out some of the potato flesh. Season with salt.
- Step 6
To assemble, top each potato with a pat of butter, a dollop of goat-cheese whipped cream, some nuts, a generous drizzle of hot honey and a sprinkle of rosemary.
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Comments
This was delicious and I will be making it again. I loved the surprising contrast of flavors. I cut the amount of hot sauce in half for the hot honey and it still had a nice balance of heat and sweet. I also sprinkled flake salt on the sweet potatoes before adding the other ingredients.
Delicious! Nuts didn’t appeal at the time, but I had some pomegranate seeds. Added a beautiful pop of color and tasted good, too. Will definitely make again.
This was delicious. A nice flavor pairing. I just used goat cheese that was soft and at room temperature.
Lovely recipe! I used 1 tsp Tabasco and added a tablespoon of spicy chili bacon jam. Very tasty!
This is definitely the best- and most interesting- sweet potato recipes. Will definitely be making this again. I happened to have a white sweet potato on hand and it was delicious!
With heart-healthy concerns I skipped the butter and heavy cream; the honey and soft goat cheese are more than enough indulgence, along with pecans and spices, to make this taste like a decadent dish. I once tried a tomatillo sauce on sweet potatoes, and it was another delicious choice, taking no work at all. Groceries now costing as much as they do, sweet potatoes have become a significant budget-friendly part of my diet.