Garnish with baked yams

1. Stage

Prepare the ingredients and a large baking tray and preheat the oven to 205°C. You can use any spices you like, and replace fresh thyme with dried thyme. I will cut yams using a food processor and the "cut fries" function.

2. Stage

The combine did the job in less than 1 minute on speed "1". In the photo, you can see that in addition to the bars, there are small pieces that are not suitable for cooking this side dish. So, I had an impromptu second dish, which I will talk about in parallel with the main recipe.

3. Stage

Transfer the yams to a bowl of cold water and leave for 30 minutes. This procedure will make the yams even crispier.

4. Stage

Тепер відкидаємо батат на сито, щоби вода скла. Далі я відібрала великі брусочки, переклала їх на паперовий рушник, щоб забрати залишки вологи. А дрібні шматочки виклала у порційні форми для запікання.

5. Stage

Prepared bars of yams in a deep bowl, add vegetable oil, starch, spice mixture and salt.

6. Stage

Mix everything with your hands so that each piece of yam is covered with starch and spices, and then place the bars in a single layer on a baking tray lined with baking parchment. Place sprigs of thyme on top. Put yams in the preheated oven and bake for 15 minutes. Take the tray out of the oven, stir the yams and put them back in for another 15 minutes. Baking time may vary depending on the specifics of the oven and the size of the yam bars.

7. Stage

While the yam garnish is cooking, I'll go back to my impromptu: small pieces of yam have already been placed in two portioned molds. Next, I made a white roux sauce from flour, butter, and milk. This sauce I generously salted, seasoned to taste with pepper and nutmeg, and then poured into the molds with yams. On top I added finely chopped smoked sausages and grated everything with cheese. I sent the molds with the future casserole in the preheated oven for 40 minutes.