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Camote en Dulce

Whole sweet potatoes simmered with piloncillo and cinnamon, then served in syrup.

Camote en Dulce — illustrative food image

About Camote en Dulce

Mely Martínez's Mexican camotes enmielados cook whole sweet potatoes in a piloncillo and cinnamon syrup. The preparation belongs to the candied sweet-potato family also known as camote en dulce in Mexico.

The sweet potatoes keep their skins as they simmer in a covered saucepan. Piloncillo dissolves into the cooking water, forming the syrup that coats the potatoes at serving.

The cooked potatoes are cut in half and served with their syrup. Martínez also offers them in a bowl of milk for breakfast, alongside their familiar role as a Mexican sweet.

Allergens in this recipe

Optional additions: Milk.

Other allergen details are unconfirmed.

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Ingredients in Camote en Dulce

Mely Martínez's Mexican camotes enmielados.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

  • Sweet potato: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual74/87 whole unpeeled sweet potato.
  • Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual75/87 named cookingwater and running rinse44.
  • Cinnamon stick: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual76/87.
  • Piloncillo: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual77 real piloncillo branch selected over brown sugar alternative; no new sugar syrup foods.
  • Milk (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual89 optional breakfast bowl of milk; fat level/type unprovided.

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AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.

Sources & references
  1. Mely Martínez, Mexico in My Kitchen - Candied Sweet Potato