Mashed Sweet Potatoes

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Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Recipe Information
Description: No-Boil Sweet Potatoes Source: T. Curtis Serves/Makes:4 to 6 Ingredients 4 Tbsp (60 ml). unsalted butter, cut into four pieces 3 Tbsp (45 ml). heavy cream, divided use 1/2 tsp (2 ml). salt 1/4 tsp (1 ml). ground black pepper 1 tsp (5 ml). sugar 2 lbs (.9 kg). sweet potatoes (2 large or 3 medium), peeled, quartered lengthwise, and cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices Preparation Combine butter, 2 Tbsp (30 ml). cream, salt, pepper, sugar, and thinly sliced sweet potatoes in large saucepan. Cook covered, over low heat until potatoes are fall-apart tender, 35 to 40 minutes. Turn off heat. Add remaining 1 Tbsp (15 ml). cream. Mash sweet potatoes with potato masher. Serve. Comments From America's Test Kitchen TV Show -- Boiling sweet potatoes in lots of liquid -- as you would regular potatoes -- is not a good idea. Sweet potatoes will soak up too much water, and the resulting mash will be a soggy mess. Better to cook them in a small amount of liquid. America's Test Kitchen found that a combination of butter and cream yielded the creamiest potatoes. Just 2 Tbls. of heavy cream (plus a little butter), along with the water released from the sweet potatoes as they cook, is enough to steam them into tenderness.

Recipe Information

Description:: No-Boil Sweet Potatoes

Source:: T. Curtis

Serves/Makes:4 to 6

Ingredients

4 Tbsp (60 ml). unsalted butter, cut into four pieces
3 Tbsp (45 ml). heavy cream, divided use
1/2 tsp (2 ml). salt
1/4 tsp (1 ml). ground black pepper
1 tsp (5 ml). sugar
2 lbs (.9 kg). sweet potatoes (2 large or 3 medium), peeled, quartered lengthwise, and cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices

Preparation

Combine butter, 2 Tbsp (30 ml). cream, salt, pepper, sugar, and thinly sliced sweet potatoes in large saucepan.
Cook covered, over low heat until potatoes are fall-apart tender, 35 to 40 minutes.
Turn off heat.
Add remaining 1 Tbsp (15 ml). cream.
Mash sweet potatoes with potato masher.
Serve.

Comments

From America's Test Kitchen TV Show -- Boiling sweet potatoes in lots of liquid -- as you would regular potatoes -- is not a good idea. Sweet potatoes will soak up too much water, and the resulting mash will be a soggy mess. Better to cook them in a small amount of liquid. America's Test Kitchen found that a combination of butter and cream yielded the creamiest potatoes. Just 2 Tbls. of heavy cream (plus a little butter), along with the water released from the sweet potatoes as they cook, is enough to steam them into tenderness.