Sweet Potatoes Baked W. Lemon Ny Times

Ingredients

400 gr sugar
2 gr nutmeg
1 gr salt
50 gr butter
60 ml lemon juice
6 sweet potatoes
6 slices lemon rind

Instructions

cold water and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are tender, about 30 minutes. Drain and let cool. 2. In a saucepan over med. heat, combine the sugar, half c water, nutmeg, lemon rind and salt. Simmer for 10 min. Add 5 T of the butter and stir well. When the butter has melted, remove from heat, beat in the lemon juice and set aside. 3. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Peel the swt. potatoes and slice into half in. discs. Use the remaining butter to grease a shallow baking dish. Lay the seet potatoes in a simgle layer, pour the lemon syrup on top and bake for 30 minutes until bubbling hot.