Sliced Sweet Potato Casserole

Sliced Sweet Potato Casserole

4 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced on mandolin
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 butter
4 garlic cloves minced
sprigs of fresh thyme stripped from stems also
a few fresh branches of fresh thyme
1/4 teaspoon cayenne or Aji Amarillo pepper
garnish with some pomegranate seeds of you wish

Coat bottom of 8 x 8 baking dish or similar size with olive oil. Arrange potato slices in pleasing manner inside the baking dish which you coat with the olive oil. Melt butter and sauté garlic and thyme. Drizzle this mixture over arranged potatoes. Bake at 400 F in foil covered dish for 45 minutes to one hour, then uncover and bake for another 15 minutes or until potatoes are soft. Adjust cooking time for thicker or thinner slices of potatoes. So delicious and none of those yucky marshmallows