Potato And Sweet Potato Torte

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Make-ahead, Sides	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	T	Olive oil
2		Leeks, trimmed thoroughly
		cleaned and sliced
1	T	Chopped fresh thyme -OR-
		1 tspn dried thyme leave
		Water
		Salt & freshly ground pepper
		to taste
1	lb	Sweet potatoes, about 2
		small peeled and cut
		into 1/8-inch thick
		slices
1	lb	All-purpose potatoes, pre-
		ferably Yukon Gold 2 or
		3 mediump peeled and
		cut into 1/8-inch thick

INSTRUCTIONS

Set oven rack at the lowest level; preheat to 450! F. Lightly oil a
9-inch deep-dish pie plate (6-cup capacity) or coat it with vegetable
oil spray. Line the bottom with parchmentpaper or aluminum foil.
Lightly coat the paper or foil with oil or cooking spray.  Heat oil in
a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add leeks  and thyme
and saute until tender, about 5 minutes. (If necessary, add  1 to 2
tablespoons water to prevent scorching.) Season with salt and  pepper.
Arrange half of the sweet potato slices, slightly overlapping, in the
bottom of the prepared pie plate and season with salt and pepper.
Spread one-third of the leek mixture over the top. Arrange half of  the
all-purpose potato slices third of the leeks.  Layer remaining  sweet
potatoes, leeks and all purpose potatoes in the same manner.  Cover the
pie plate tightly with aluminum foil and bake about 45  minutes, or
until the vegetables are tender. (The torte can be  prepared ahead and
stored, covered, in the refrigerator for up to 2  days. Reheat,
covered, in a moderate oven.)  Run a knife around the  edge of the
torte to loosen it. Invert onto a serving plate. Remove  paper or foil
liner and serve. Makes 6 servings.  From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster
collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 73 Calories From Fat: 22 Total Fat: 2.5g Cholesterol: <1mg Sodium: 11.1mg Potassium: 122.3mg Carbohydrates: 12g Fiber: 1.6g Sugar: 3g Protein: 1g

In Jeremiah’s prophecy of the new covenant, Jeremiah explicitly says, “It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers, when I led them by the hand out of Egypt” (Jer. 31:32). How will it be different? For one thing, it will be unbreakable (v. 32). For another, all the members of that covenant will be regenerate, the law written on their hearts (v. 33). Yet another difference will be that the covenant will not operate according to natural lines of birth and descent, but through spiritual birth (vv. 29-30). Here the discontinuity between the new covenant and the Mosaic covenant is enormous: a covenant of grace, not works; a covenant that regenerates rather than kills; a covenant entered into through spiritual rather than natural birth. And yet for all this discontinuity, Jeremiah is clear that this new covenant is the ultimate fulfillment of God’s promises to Israel, made to their forefather Abraham.

Michael Lawrence