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Beer and Brown Sugar Sweet Potatoes

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Servings 6 -8 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cups heavy cream
  • ¾ cup brown ale
  • 4 medium garnet sweet potatoes or garnet yams, peeled, thinly sliced
  • 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 375° F.
  • Stir together the cream and beer in a bowl or large measuring cup.
  • Stir together the cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar and flour in a separate bowl.
  • Add the sweet potato slices to a 9-inch cast iron skillet in overlapping concentric circles.
  • Drizzle with cream mixture, them sprinkle with 1/3 of the brown sugar mixture, sprinkle with salt and pepper.
  • Repeat with two more layers of potatoes, cream, and brown sugar mixtures making sure to use all ingredients.
  • Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven, press down firmly on the potatoes with a large spatula to submerge the potatoes.
  • Bake for another 20 minutes, press again.
  • Bake until the potatoes are fork tender and the liquid has thickened. Allow to cool slightly before serving.