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Dulce de papa

A traditional sweet made from sweet potato cooked slowly in sugar flavoured with cinnamon and cloves. Dense and melting, it is cut into squares or shaped into small balls.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

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Instructions

  1. Cook the sweet potato pieces in water until they mash easily, then drain and mash them into a purée.
  2. In a large saucepan, melt the brown sugar with the water, cinnamon and cloves.
  3. Add the sweet potato purée and stir over low heat.
  4. Cook, stirring regularly, for 30 to 40 minutes, until the mixture pulls away from the bottom of the pan.
  5. Remove the cinnamon sticks and cloves, then spread the mixture in an oiled dish.
  6. Let it cool and cut into squares or small balls.

Variations and tips

Nut version. Fold the crushed cashew nuts into the mixture at the end of cooking.

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