Mashed Sweet Potato Casserole Topped With Caramelized Bananas Recipes

WHIPPED SWEET POTATOES AND BANANAS WITH HONEY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Prick the sweet potatoes all over with a fork, put them in a roasting pan and roast for 30 minutes. Toss the bananas into the pan and continue roasting for 10 to 15 minutes, until both the bananas and potatoes are very soft. Remove the pan from the oven but don't turn the oven off.
• When the potatoes are cool enough to handle, scoop out the flesh into a large mixing bowl. Peel the bananas and add them to the bowl along with 1 stick of the butter, and the honey. Season with salt and beat vigorously with a wooden spoon until everything's well combined and the mixture is fluffy. Spoon into an oven-proof serving bowl and smooth the top.
• In a separate mixing bowl, use your fingers to rub together the remaining stick of butter, the brown sugar, flour, and pecans until the mixture is the consistency of coarse crumbs. Sprinkle the crumb mixture over the sweet potatoes and return to the oven. Cook for about 20 minutes, until the crumbs are golden. Serve hot.

SIMPLE MASHED SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x12-inch baking dish.
• Mash sweet potatoes in a bowl with milk, adding the milk a little at a time until potatoes are the desired consistency. Spread sweet potatoes into the prepared baking dish.
• Bring maple syrup and butter to a boil in a saucepan and pour the boiling syrup mixture over the sweet potatoes.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the sweet potatoes are hot and the topping has begun to cook into a sticky caramel, 20 to 30 minutes.

MASHED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender, 20 to 30 minutes.
• With an electric mixer on low, blend potatoes, slowly adding milk, about 1/2 a cup at a time. Use more or less to achieve desired texture. Add butter and maple syrup to taste. Blend until smooth. Serve warm.

MASHED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Set a steamer basket in a large saucepan. Fill with enough water to come just below basket; bring to a boil, then reduce to a gentle simmer. Place sweet potatoes in steamer basket and cover; steam until tender, 15 to 25 minutes. Drain, and return to saucepan.
• Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, bring half-and-half, butter, and brown sugar to a simmer, stirring to combine; remove from heat. Add to drained sweet potatoes, and mash just until smooth; season with salt and pepper.

MASHED SWEET POTATOES BRULEE

Steps:

• When the potatoes are cooked and soft, combine them with milk, butter, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg in a large bowl and mash or puree until smooth.
• Spoon into a 9 x 9 or 11 x 7-inch baking dish. Bake at 350 covered, until heated through, about 20 minutes. If making ahead, and baking from the refrigerator, add more time as needed until the center is hot.
• Preheat the broiler.
• Sprinkle 1/2 cup brown sugar evenly over top.
• Broil about 6 inches from the flame until the sugar melts and becomes caramelized, careful not to burn. About 2 to 3 minutes.
• Let it stand until the melted sugar hardens (about 5 minutes).

BANANA-YAM CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Coat the bottom of a 13 by 9 by 2-inch glass baking dish with 2 tablespoons butter. Set aside
• In a heavy medium pot add the yams and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat and simmer until tender, about 10 minutes. (The color of the yams will turn brighter).
• Meanwhile, put the crackers, almonds, cinnamon, and salt in a food processor and pulse a few times to combine until coarse but not fully ground. Add 6 tablespoons butter and pulse until the mixture forms lumps slightly larger than peas. Refrigerate the streusel topping until ready to use.
• Spread half of the bananas and yams in 1 layer in the bottom of the prepared dish. Sprinkle with half of the streusel and half of the marshmallows. Repeat to make 1 more layer. Bake until the marshmallows are golden, about 25 minutes. Serve warm.

CARAMELIZED SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Boil sweet potatos for 15 mins, let it sit for 15 mins, boil another 15 mins, let it sit another 15-30 minutes.
• Mash potatoes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine crust mixture brown sugar, flour, nuts and butter in mixing bowl. Set aside.
• Combine sweet potatoes, sugar, salt, vanilla, eggs and butter in a mixing bowl in the order listed. Mix well. Pour mixture into greased baking dish.
• Sprinkle the surface of the sweet potato mixture evenly with the crust mixture.
• Bake for 30 minutes. Allow to set at least about 15-30 minutes before serving for the crust to harden.

MARSHMALLOW SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Peel the sweet potatoes and cut into 1 -2 inch cubes. Place in a large stockpot. Cover with enough water to submerge the potatoes. Add the 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and pepper.
• Place the potatoes into a large stockpot. Cover with enough water to submerge the potatoes. Add the ½ teaspoon each of Kosher salt and black pepper.
• Over medium/high heat, bring the potatoes to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer for 10-15 minutes, or until fork tender.
• Drain the water off the potatoes through a strainer.
• Return the potatoes to the stockpot and place of a medium heat for about 30 seconds to 1 minute to let any excess water evaporate. Them remove from the heat.
• Add in the heavy cream, eggs, brown sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg to the sweet potatoes. Beat with an electric hand mixer or hand masher until completely combined. Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 9" x 13" casserole dish with non-stick spray.
• Pour the sweet potato mixture into the dish.
• Top with a layer of mini marshmallows. Bake until the marshmallows are golden brown, about 15-20 minutes.
• Bake until the marshmallows are golden brown, about 15-20 minutes.
• Serve and enjoy.

MASHED SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE TOPPED WITH CARAMELIZED BANANAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place sweet potatoes on a baking sheet and roast until tender, about 1 hour.
• Remove from heat and let cool until cool enough to handle.
• (Keep oven at 350 degrees F).
• Peel and mash sweet potatoes in a bowl until smooth.
• Stir in the butter, stock, salt, pepper, and cinnamon.
• Transfer to a casserole dish.
• Cover the surface of the potatoes with the banana slices by laying them on top, slightly overlapping in concentric circles.
• Sprinkle the brown sugar evenly over the top.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until the top is browned.
• Serve.

MASHED SWEET POTATOES AND BANANAS WITH PECAN STREUSEL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Pierce sweet potatoes with fork. Place on rimmed baking sheet or in roasting pan and bake until almost soft, about 40 minutes. Add bananas to roasting pan alongside sweet potatoes and bake until banana skins brown, about 10 minutes. Let sweet potatoes and bananas stand at room temperature until cool enough to handle, about 15 minutes (maintain oven temperature). Cut sweet potatoes in half. Scoop flesh from sweet potatoes into large bowl. Peel bananas; add to bowl. Add 1/2 cup butter and honey; beat with wooden spoon until blended and fluffy. Season to taste with salt. Transfer to 8- to 10-cup ovenproof baking dish.
• Mix nuts, sugar, and flour in bowl. Add 1/2 cup butter; mix with fingertips until coarse crumbs form. (Potatoes and streusel can be made 1 day ahead. Cover separately; chill. Before continuing, preheat oven to 400°F.) Sprinkle streusel over potatoes. Bake until top is golden brown and potatoes are hot, about 25 minutes.