Dinner · 40 min · Amounts not specified
Miso roasted sweet potato
Roast it naked first, glaze in the last four minutes. Miso and maple both burn fast, and sweet potato is already sweet.
The sheet · 4 as a side · 40 min
easyWhy tonight. Roast it naked first, glaze in the last four minutes. Miso and maple both burn fast, and sweet potato is already sweet.
What it needs
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- sweet potato
- miso
- maple
- olive oil
Good if you have them, fine if you do not: lime.
Method
- Roast the sweet potato naked in oil first until it is soft and the corners are dark. Glazed from the start it burns.
- Miso and maple whisked together cold, then brushed on for the last four minutes only.
- Both scorch fast and sweet potato is already sweet, so this is a finishing glaze rather than a marinade.
- Lime at the end, which is the only thing stopping the whole plate reading as dessert.
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- FishKenji's Cooking Show | Miso-Glazed SalmonJ. Kenji López-AltA glazed salmon fillet, and how sugar in the glaze changes what the pan heat can safely be.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Cocktail structureBasic Cocktails - How To Make A DaiquiriCocktail ChemistryThe plainest sour there is, which makes base-acid-sweet balance easy to taste rather than merely read.197K+ views at the September 2026 review. · Link checked 2026-09-08
- Syrups and citrusHow to Make Fresh Juice for CocktailsEpicuriousJuicing citrus fresh for drinks, and the plain reason bottled juice does not work.Link checked 2026-09-08
Why each of these is on the list
What the ingredients are actually doing
- sweet potato
- Sugar as well as starch, so it browns and burns faster than a potato does.
- miso
- Salt and fermented depth in paste form.
- maple
- Sweetness with a mineral, slightly smoky edge that sugar does not have.
- olive oil
- Two ingredients sharing a name.
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