Speckled Sweet Potato Mash Recipes

SPECKLED SWEET POTATO MASH

Steps:

• Roast the red pepper in a hot (220C) oven for approximately 30-minutes until skin is blackened.
• Cool for a few minutes, peel and chop flesh into small dice.
• Meanwhile, chop the sweet potatoes into large chunks and boil with the garlic cloves for approximately 15-20 minutes until tender.
• Heat olive oil in a small pan and fry chili for 3-4 minutes over a low heat. Stir in chopped red pepper.
• Drain sweet potato and garlic and mash with 2 tbsp cream cheese and milk, adding more if needed.
• Stir red pepper, chili and coriander into mash. Add salt and black pepper to taste.

GARLIC SWEET POTATO MASH

Steps:

• In a large pan boil sweet potatoes until tender, drain.
• Meanwhile in the same pan add butter and saute garlic until lightly browned.
• Return potatoes to pan and mash until smooth and creamy.
• Add pepper (and salt if you want) and serve immediately.

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.

SAVORY SWEET POTATO MASH

Steps:

• In a 4-quart Dutch oven cook the potatoes, covered, in enough boiling lightly salted water to cover for 12 minutes or until tender; drain. Remove potatoes from pan.
• Add the butter to the hot Dutch oven and let it melt. Add the potatoes to the Dutch oven; mash with a potato masher until smooth. Stir in the sour cream, milk, salt, and pepper. Cook and stir over low heat until heated through. Transfer to a serving dish. If desired, place a dot of butter on top. Makes 8 to 10 servings.
• Make-ahead directions: Prepare potatoes through Step 2 but do not heat through. Transfer to a 2-1/2- to 3-quart casserole. Cover and chill for up to 24 hours. Before serving, preheat oven to 325°F Bake, covered, in the preheated oven for 55 to 60 minutes or until heated through.��.
• Maple Mashed Sweet Potatoes: Prepare as above. Before serving, drizzle 1/4 cup maple syrup over potatoes and sprinkle with 1/4 cup chopped hazelnuts or almonds, toasted.

EMERIL'S SWEET POTATO MASH

Steps:

• In a large pot over high heat, bring the sweet potatoes and water to a boil. Cook for 10 to 15 minutes or until the sweet potatoes are tender.
• Drain well and return to the pot.
• Add butter, salt and pepper to taste, cinnamon and honey and mash until all ingredients are combined.
• Serve immediately.

SWEET POTATO MASH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180ºC/350ºF/gas 4.
• Prick the sweet potatoes with a fork and place on an oven tray with the unpeeled cloves of garlic, and bake for 1 hour or until tender. Remove from the oven and set aside for 15 minutes, or until cool enough to handle.
• Cut the potatoes in half and scoop out the flesh into a large bowl. Squeeze the cloves of garlic from their skin and add them to the potato flesh.
• Stir in the honey and unsalted butter, milk and salt to taste, and mash the potatoes until there are no lumps and the consistency is creamy.