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How To Make Purple Sweet Potato
For a brighter, more vibrant side dish, try this mashed purple sweet potato recipe. It's great topped with butter and a sprinkling of nuts.
Prep:
15 mins
Cook:
25 mins
Total:
40 mins
Ingredients
- 2 lbs purple sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped
- ⅓ cup heavy cream, warmed
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, (½stick), melted
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
- pinch ground cardamom
- salt, to taste
For Garnish:
- ⅓ tbsp toasted pecans, chopped
For Maple Butter:
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
Instructions
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Place potatoes in a large pot and fill with water. Place pot over high heat and bring to a boil. Boil potatoes until fork tender. This will take 20 to 25 minutes.
- Drain potatoes and place back into the pot. Add cream, butter and a pinch of salt and mash with a potato masher or with an electric hand mixer until desired consistency has been achieved. Stir in maple syrup, cinnamon and cardamom. Season with salt to taste.
Maple Butter:
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Stir together butter and syrup until combined. Scoop mashed sweet potatoes into a large bowl and drizzle with maple butter. Finish with a sprinkle of pecans and serve.
Nutrition
- Sugar: 86g
- :
- Calcium: 446mg
- Calories: 2108kcal
- Carbohydrates: 240g
- Cholesterol: 353mg
- Fat: 124g
- Fiber: 28g
- Iron: 6mg
- Monounsaturated Fat: 34g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g
- Potassium: 3340mg
- Protein: 17g
- Saturated Fat: 77g
- Sodium: 549mg
- Trans Fat: 4g
- Vitamin A: 132708IU
- Vitamin C: 22mg
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