Sweet Potato Balls

Mashed sweet potato wrapped around pineapple chunks, rolled in corn flake crumbs and melted butter and baked at 350°F for 25 minutes. Make them early in the day.

Gluten-free with swapsVegetarianNo added sugar

Contains: milk, wheat. Based on the ingredients as written; check package labels, which can change.

From the recipe book of Sandra Mills, a Le Cordon Bleu-trained cook in our family.

Sweet potato balls rolled in corn flake crumbs, one cut open showing pineapple inside
  • Prep 30 min
  • Cook 25 min
  • Total 55 min

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Each of these sweet potato balls hides a surprise: a chunk of pineapple in the center. The sweet potatoes are boiled, mashed, seasoned and loosened with a little pineapple juice so they can be shaped, then rolled around the pineapple, coated in corn flake crumbs and dipped in melted butter.

Sandra Mills notes they can be made early in the day and reheated just before serving.

Ingredients

  • 2 large sweet potatoes
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 small can of pineapple chunks
  • Corn flake crumbs
  • 2 tablespoons melted butter

To make it gluten-free

  • For the corn flake crumbs, use corn flakes labeled gluten-free (regular corn flakes contain barley malt).

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Instructions

  1. Cook and mash. Boil and peel the sweet potatoes. Mash and season with salt and pepper.
  2. Soften. Add some pineapple juice from the can, enough that you can work the potato into a soft ball.
  3. Shape. Cover a chunk of pineapple with mashed sweet potato to make a small ball, rolling it between your palms.
  4. Coat. Roll the balls in corn flake crumbs and dip in the melted butter.
  5. Bake. Bake on a baking sheet at 350°F for 25 minutes.

VegetarianGluten-free with swapsNo added sugar

Tips

  • Sandra's tip: these can be done early in the day and reheated just before serving.
  • Chill the mashed sweet potato for 30 minutes if it is too soft to shape.

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