On Reunion Island the sweet potato can be cooked both in its salty and sweet version. Reunionese chef Robin Vanwalscappel from the restaurant, snack bar and grocery store Ti Case Papa at 5 Pl. Joseph Pancaut offers it as a cake for Côté Saveurs on France Bleu Gascogne. A sweet potato cake super tasty and very soft. A cake that you will make at home in no time. To make it you need:
- 1kg sweet potato (preferably white)
- 200g cane sugar
- 150g of butter
- 200g of sugar
- 4 eggs
- a vanilla pod
- about 4 cl of rum
Peel and steam the sweet potatoes. Drain them. Separately, mix sugar and eggs and add the still hot sweet potatoes with the butter which will melt directly. Then add the rum and finally the vanilla pod. If you use orange and not white sweet potatoes, do not hesitate to add a little cassava or wheat flour. Butter your mold (avoid cake moulds) and bake at 200° for 40 minutes. Attention, do not try to plant the tip of the knife to know if the cake is cooked, it does not work in this specific case.
– CWM
Ti Case Papa, to test absolutely!
At Ti Case Papa you have the impression of being in a completely classic Reunion snack bar. Robin cooks you rougail, curries, chicken sarciva, massalés, and other traditional dishes of the island. As a starter or to eat on the go, steamed or fried corks, chilli sweets and samosas await you.
– CWM
As for desserts: mango, banana, lychee, coconut, citrus or even sweet potato flavors will delight your taste buds.
And above all, spend some time in front of the grocery section where you will find typical jams from the island, pickles, bourbon vanilla of course and other terrible sweets from Reunion.
Would you like an arranged rum?
Ah the arranged rum! The people of Reunion have mastered it to perfection. On the other hand, you have to be patient because a real arranged rum macerates for about 6 months for the bravest. In this month of October, for example, it is the right time to make your Christmas rum. For Robin, to choose, it will be geranium rum, typical of Péi! In his grocery corner, he offers ready-made mixes that speed up the maceration time.
– CWM