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MKSquared
10-21-2001, 09:38 PM
I may have finally settled on something to bring to our first CL Supper Club dinner next weekend! I remember making a Potatoes Anna that's basically like this galette, so I'm hoping everyone might help me with suggestions? Here's what I found on epicurious:

SWEET POTATO AND YAM GALETTE
The potatoes and yams are perked up with fresh ginger and with lemons.
6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter (I plan to cut this in 1/2)
1/2 cup (packed) dark brown sugar (Maybe reduce this to 1/3 c?)
1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
1/2 teaspoon salt

Nonstick vegetable oil spray
1 1/2 pounds small slender tan-skinned sweet potatoes, peeled, sliced into 1/4-inch-thick rounds
1 1/2 pounds small slender yams (red-skinned sweet potatoes), peeled, sliced into 1/4-inch-thick rounds
1/4 cup all purpose flour

Lemon wedges

Melt butter in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat. Add brown sugar, ginger, lemon peel and salt; stir until sugar dissolves, about 4 minutes. Keep warm.

Position rack in top third of oven and preheat to 400°F. Line 9- to 10-inch-diameter, 13/4-inch-deep ovenproof skillet with foil. Spray foil with nonstick spray. Toss sweet potatoes and yams with flour in large bowl. Add brown sugar mixture; stir to coat potatoes and yams. Arrange sweet potatoes and yams alternately in overlapping circles in prepared skillet. Spoon any remaining brown sugar mixture over potatoes. Press on potatoes to compact. Cover with foil.

Bake potatoes until just tender, about 1 hour. Uncover and press potatoes with metal spatula to compact. Continue baking until potatoes are very tender, pressing on potatoes occasionally, about 30 minutes longer. (Can be made 4 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature. Rewarm in 400°F oven about 30 minutes.) Let stand 10 minutes. Using oven mitts, invert skillet onto platter. Remove skillet. Peel off foil. Replace any pieces of sweet potatoes and yams that may have become dislodged. Cut galette into wedges; serve with lemon wedges.

Serves 6 to 8.


Bon Appétit
November 1997

Now -- according to my calculations (no Mastercook here!), with halving the butter to 3 tbs., I still wind up with 227 calories and 4.5 g of fat per serving (assuming I get 8 servings out of it). I'm trying to get those fat grams even lower. Do you think I could reduce the butter even more without sacrificing much?

MKSquared
10-22-2001, 03:49 PM
One more plea for help? :cool:

lisas3575
10-22-2001, 06:16 PM
I'm not much help... but could you adapt it to the Blueberry/Peach Galette from September? That one is a dessert, is this one? Maybe there's some ideas in there???

Best of luck!

MKSquared
10-22-2001, 06:42 PM
I think I'm just going to cook it as is ... well, with halving the amount of butter.

Lisa, it's definitely not a dessert! :-) A side dish, along the lines of any sweetened sweet potato dish. I thought it sounded very elegant, and I love presentation as much as taste!

Wish me luck -- I'll let you all know how it turns out!