| Food Blog by Arie
How To Make Crispy Parmesan Sweet Potato Stacks… These sweet potato stacks are the best thing around. I love the cheesy parmesan goodness, with a little bit of thyme, and butter. It just rounds off the goodness that you see here on the stack. I love that these were effortless to make, and they didn’t take any time to cook in the oven. My kids loved these because they were fun and effortless.
I grew up loving sweet potatoes most of my childhood, and adult life. My grandmother had a ton of these growing on her farm, and she definitely stored them in her big blue barn. Yes, she had a “blue barn” not red! This barn to a 6-year-old kid was a scary place. Well, the barn wasn’t used for animals, it was used for the sweet potatoes. The sheer amount of sweet potatoes they grew could satisfy 5 small-large grocery store chains.
I would spend my summers there, and these are the things that shaped who I am in the kitchen. Foods as such kept me coming into the kitchen for the simple recipes that brought back those childhood memories. I remember when one day my grandmother asked me to go and grab a basketful of sweet potatoes from the barn. Well, that was the last day I fetched sweet potatoes from the big blue barn. The sweet potatoes were spilling over into the door of the barn when you opened it. I didn’t have to step foot into the barn completely, but I was cautious already. As soon as I grabbed potato #3, a huge black snake came lashing out at me. I ran like lightning back to my grandmother’s.
I took these sweet potatoes to another level, and I loved the crispy edges with the soft center. Guys I am making this suggestion for your sweet potatoes to be sliced on the thinnest. I tried to use only a sharp knife, but it wasn’t as reliable as my mandolin. I dread using the mandolin, due to the fact that the mandolin really damaged my finger a few years back. I forgot to put the guard on, and well the rest is history. I had to go and see a hand specialist to make sure the nerves in my finger were still intact. So please, please, please be extra careful using this tool in the kitchen.
Take a look at this mandolin here, and here. They seem pretty safe, but remember human error brings down the level of safety!! Yikes!!!! In the photo you see here though, I used my mandolin to pull off these beauties. They also yielded the perfect crispiness and goodness.
Go ahead and get the sliced on that death tool! Oh my goodness… LOL, We sliced about 3 good-sized sweet potatoes and threw them into a bowl with a little olive oil, parmesan cheese, thyme, and butter. Sweet potatoes actually do so well on the mandolin they have a softness to them that glides right over that blade.
