Recipe Sweet Potato Puree

In a food processor puree hot.

Recipe sweet potato puree. Purée mixture in a food processor or blender. Pour mixture into a buttered 2 1 2 quart casserole. Finely dice remaining butter and stir it into purée until melted.

Place the sweet potatoes in the steamer and bring the water to a boil. Typically 1 pound 0 45 kg of sweet potatoes amounts to 1 cup 240 ml of puree. Peel when cool enough to handle.

Top with remaining pecans. Place the baking sheet into the oven making sure that it s on the upper middle level of the oven. Add ginger onion and remaining salt and sauté for about 5 minutes or until onion is very soft.

Add 2 tablespoons each melted butter and maple syrup. Place a steamer insert or a mesh colander in a large pot and add enough water to reach the bottom of the steamer. Peel potatoes and cut into 1 inch pieces.

Bake the potatoes for 45 minutes. Genuine yams native to africa and asia look somewhat similar to sweet potatoes but they re starchier and less rich in vitamin a and they tend to have pale rather than orange flesh. Step 2 puree with salt and pepper in a food processor.

In a small saucepan boil potatoes in salted water for 15 minutes or until very tender and drain well in a colander. In a large bowl combine potatoes with butter cream eggs cinnamon vanilla salt and 1 2 cup pecans mixing until well blended. Puree may be made a day ahead and refrigerated.