Sweet Potatoes
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Does anyone have a good recipe for mashed sweet potatoes? Thanks
Does anyone have a recipe for mashed sweet potatoes? I had tried them once and I believe someone put marshmellows in them.
1/3 cup yellow cornmeal
1 1/2 cups skim milk
2 tablespoons margarine
2 cups mashed cooked sweet potato (about 1 1/4 pounds)
1/3 cup maple syrup
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 eggs, lightly beaten
Vegetable cooking spray
Place the cornmeal in a medium saucepan. Gradually add milk, stirring with a wire whisk until blended. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium. Cook, uncovered, 2 minutes, stirring constantly with a wire whisk. Remove from heat; stir in margarine. Set aside.
Combine sweet potato and next 6 ingredients (sweet potato through eggs) in a large bowl; stir until well-blended. Gradually add cornmeal mixture, stirring constantly. Pour sweet potato mixture into a 1 1/2-quart casserole coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 40 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 1/2 cup)
NUTRITION PER SERVING
CALORIES 204(21% from fat); FAT 4.7g (sat 1.1g,mono 1.8g,poly 1.2g); PROTEIN 5g; CHOLESTEROL 56mg; CALCIUM 94mg; SODIUM 232mg; FIBER 2.8g; IRON 1.1mg; CARBOHYDRATE 35.8g
Cooking Light, NOVEMBER 1995
This one is kind of like a pudding, since it has eggs in it. I brought it once to my in-laws for Thanksgiving and everyone loved it!
Here's a recipe that looks closest to what I remember my mom doing:
SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE WITH
MARSHMALLOWS
8 average size sweet potatoes
1 tbsp. vanilla
3-5 tbsp. sugar (to taste)
1/2 stick butter
1/4 tsp. cinnamon to taste
1/4 - 1 tsp. nutmeg to taste
1/4 c. orange juice to taste
Marshmallows (lg. or miniature)
Cinnamon sugar (opt.)
Boil (or bake) sweet potatoes until done. Remove peeling from HOT POTATOES and mash well, removing all strings. Add all ingredients but marshmallows and cinnamon sugar; mix well. Spray or grease lightly Pyrex or Corning dish. Put a layer of potatoes, layer of marshmallows until filled. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar for added flavor. Bake about 350 degrees until HOT. Remove from oven and put marshmallows on top. Place again in oven to brown lightly. Serves 10 to 12.
You may add 1 cup scalded homogenized milk to potato mixture.
Orange extract may be used instead of orange juice. It is stronger in taste so add carefully to taste.
But, I think mom often used canned sweet potatos, so you could skip that step.
Here's the page where I got the recipe - there are a lot more (it didn't want to make a link):
http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,sweet_potato_marshmallow_casserole,FF.html
Here's another, simpler recipe, using canned sweet potatoes:
SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE
1 (16 oz.) can sweet potatoes
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 egg, beaten
4 tbsp. melted butter
1 pkg. marshmallows
Butter baking dish. Place 1/2 of mixture in dish. Dot with marshmallows, then add remaining mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Remove from oven, dot top with marshmallows and replace in oven about 10 minutes or until brown.
Mashed Sweet Potatoes:
2 pounds sweet potatoes
1/2 cup heavy cream
3 tablespoons light brown sugar
3 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons cane or maple syrup
Pinch salt and pepper
1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves, optional
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Place the potatoes on a foil lined baking sheet and bake until tender and begins to ooze sugary syrup, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and let sit until cool enough to handle.
Cut the potatoes in half lengthwise and scoop out the flesh with a spoon into a large bowl. Add the cream, sugar, butter, syrup, salt and pepper, and thyme, if using and mix, mashing until the potato mixture is smooth. Cover to keep warm until ready to serve.
this is from the food tv emeril lagasse
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