As gardeners, it’s always fun and exciting to use the produce you’ve grown to treat family and friends.
This experience using sweet potatoes grown from a new ornamental sweet potato vine was double the fun! Treasure Island is a new series of sweet potato vines that not only generates beautiful and colorful vines but also produces edible and tasty tubers. We were gifted some of these delicious beauties so we decided to make a unique treat by making a Sweet Potato Skins Recipe. And this summer, we will certainly grow the vines as a decorative item in our outdoor containers.
Sweet Potato Skins Recipe
The two Treasure Island varieties we used were (left photo) Tatakoto and Tahiti. Once cooked in the microwave, they certainly retained the lovely purple and orange colors (middle photos). Lastly, we were so excited to eat the skins that we forgot to take any “glamour shots” of the food. So the only “after” pictures are right as they were ready to take out of the oven (right photo). Adapted recipe below originally posted by Life Love & Good Food.
Sweet Potato Skins
- 2 large sweet potatoes (We used Treasure Island)
- 3 tsp maple syrup
- pinch salt
- 1/4 pound smoked turkey or chicken, shredded
- 2-3 tbsp barbecue sauce
- 3 oz. white cheddar cheese, shredded
- 3 slices bacon, fried and crumbled
- sour cream for serving, optional
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Wash and gently scrub potatoes. Trim ends to allow steam to escape, no pricking of skin needed. Cook in microwave 7-8 minutes until fork-tender. Cool.
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Preheat oven to 450 degrees
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Cut each potato into quarters or wedges. Scoop out potato pulp. Note: we left the wedges whole for more potato in each bite.
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Place wedges/skins on foil-lined tray. Brush with butter and sprinkle with salt.
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Bake for 5-10 minutes until slightly crispy.
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Remove from oven, brush with maple syrup, sprinkle with Montreal steak seasoning, top with turkey or chicken, barbeque sauce, cheese and bacon.
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Bake for 5-10 minutes more until cheese is melted and bubbly.
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Serve immediately with sour cream, if desired.
Treasure Island Sweet Potato
The Treasure Island Ipomoea series offers you the opportunity to have months of color in your combination pots, window boxes, patios, or landscape! Unlike other ornamental Ipomoea, this series is truly edible! The sweet potato leaves make highly nutritious salad greens or smoothie ingredients & the Sweet Potato tubers are ready to harvest just in time for Thanksgiving!
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