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Scalloped Sweet Potatoes with Ham

December 28, 2010 by Alea 12 Comments

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scalloped sweet potatoes with ham

I was unable to find a small ham for our Christmas dinner, so I went ahead and purchased a large one. I have had fun coming up with new ways to use the leftover ham, especially since this has given me an excuse to play with some of my Christmas presents.

My entire family loved the scalloped sweet potatoes with ham, giving it the highest compliment in their vocabulary, “this is bloggable”.

You can use yams instead of sweet potatoes, though there was some debate about whether you should change the name to Scalloped Yams with Ham if you do. We universally agreed that scalloped yams did not sound as delicious as scalloped sweet potatoes, but some of the younger members thought that Scalloped Yams with Ham sounded like something from a Dr. Seuss book. If you spend a little too much time sounding like Sam-I-Am at the dinner table, you should probably go with the most appetizing name you can think of. 🙂

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Scalloped Sweet Potatoes with Ham

Melt in your mouth deliciousness! Kid approved!
Prep Time5 minutes minutes
Cook Time55 minutes minutes
Servings - 4 servings

Ingredients 

  • 2 tbsp butter (or dairy free margarine)
  • 1/2 cup onion, finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch (or 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour)
  • 2 cups milk (or almond or ricemilk)
  • 1 tsp basil
  • 1 tsp ginger
  • 1 tbsp parsley
  • 3 medium sweet potatoes (~2lbs.), peeled and thinly sliced
  • 1 1/2 cups diced ham

Instructions

  • In a sauce pan, cook the onion in butter until it is tender.
  • In a small bowl, combine cornstarch and milk. Add the milk mixture to the onions. Cook over a medium flame until it begins to boil, stirring regularly. Remove from heat and stir in spices.
  • Place a third of the sweet potatoes in a large greased casserole dish. Then top with a 1/2 cup of diced ham:
  • Cover with a third of the sauce:
  • Repeat the layers.
  • Bake, covered at 350 F for 40 minutes. Uncover; bake for an additional 30 minutes or until the potatoes are tender. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.
  • The top layer of sweet potatoes are slightly crisp while the under-layers are tender.

Article by Alea

Alea Milham shares her tips for saving money and time while reducing waste in her home at Premeditated Leftovers. Her favorite hobby, gardening, is a frugal source of organic produce for her recipes. She believes it is possible to live fully and eat well while spending less. Alea can be found on Twitter and Facebook.
Alea has written 52 great articles for us.
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Comments

  1. Sarah (Frontier Kitchen) says

    December 28, 2010 at 5:53 pm

    Your “This is bloggable” comment cracked me up because that’s the same thing my husband says when I make something he considers to be one of my best recipes. 🙂

    Reply
  2. ATL Cook says

    December 28, 2010 at 8:06 pm

    If you really knew what a YAM was, you would not mention it in this recipe. Lots of Caribbean stores and people in my area. They know what a YAM is. It is not the same thing as a sweet potato.

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    • Figgivuly says

      January 11, 2012 at 9:02 pm

      Not that it matters at this point, but if she didn’t know a YAM was NOT a SWEET POTATO, she wouldn’t have used the word “instead” in referring to the tuber in question (starchy tubers, either way, at any rate). You make it sound as though a YAM is some kind of kinky sex toy or an unmentionable body part (or even excrement) of an exotic animal. A comment thread is not a place for snide remarks. Try being NICE.

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      • LillianE says

        December 27, 2015 at 2:58 pm

        Most Americans, including myself, were raised to believe that a yam is very similar to a sweet potato. It’s how they’re sold as produce. Many of us, unless we’ve traveled to places where actual yams are traditional fare, have never seen an actual yam. Honestly, it’s like the difference between American football and what the rest of the world knows as football, America calls soccer.

        So, the alternative use of yam as part of this post is referring to what most Americans commonly know as yams.

        It’s well and good to offer factual information to clarify when there may be confusion, but, there is no need or constructive purpose in doing so in a condescending, mean-spirited manner.

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  3. Fiery says

    December 28, 2010 at 8:58 pm

    We had something similar except we made Au Gratin potatoes with diced ham.

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  4. the1chery says

    December 29, 2010 at 2:59 pm

    ATL Cook, why dont you tell us what a YAM is?

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  5. Lisa says

    December 30, 2010 at 5:55 pm

    I was curious enough, so I went and looked and ended up at about.com. Here is what they say the difference is:

    http://homecooking.about.com/od/howtocookvegetables/a/sweetpotatodiff.htm

    Reply
  6. Sarah Cassill says

    December 31, 2010 at 7:41 pm

    Ham plays so well with so many frugal ingredients (eggs, potatoes, beans, pasta) and it only takes a handful of diced ham to make an otherwise meatless dish seem more satisfying!

    Reply
  7. credit says

    May 13, 2015 at 7:04 pm

    Hi! I’ve been following your site for some time now and
    finally got the courage to go ahead and give you a
    shout out from Dallas Tx! Just wanted to tell you keep up the excellent job!

    Reply
  8. sandy keller says

    January 10, 2017 at 9:31 pm

    like to know where to look for nutrition info

    Reply
  9. Peggy says

    May 4, 2019 at 5:55 pm

    It takes one hour and ten minutes to bake.

    Reply

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