Find a recipe by the avaliable engredients Your Cooking Assistant
Set the ingredients

sweet popatoes, vegetarian recipes, healthy recipes

0

60 min

Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Maple & Thyme

Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Maple & Thyme Photo 1

Time

60 min

Serving

5 persons

Calories

362

Rating

4.00★ (1)

Author: Antonina Blum

Sweet potatoes are delicious on their own, but it’s always tempted to gild the lily just a bit. Here, it’s mashed with butter, maple syrup and thyme to bring out their sweet, earthy flavor. You’ll need to allow one hour of hands-off cooking time to bake the potatoes, but you can make the whole dish ahead of time.

Ingredients

  • sweet potatoes: 3 pound (medium-sized)
  • unsalted butter: 6 Tbsp
  • pure maple syrup: 6 Tbsp
  • milk: 0.5 cup
  • salt: 1 tsp
  • black pepper: 0.25 tsp (freshly ground)
  • thyme: 0.75 tsp (minced; fresh; plus a few sprigs for garnish)

Metric Conversion

Stages of cooking

Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Maple & Thyme Photo 2 1
Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Maple & Thyme Photo 3 2
Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Maple & Thyme Photo 4 3
Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Maple & Thyme Photo 5 4
Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Maple & Thyme Photo 6 5
Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Maple & Thyme Photo 7 6
Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Maple & Thyme Photo 8 7
  1. Ingredients.

    Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Maple & Thyme Photo 2
  2. Begin by pricking the potatoes with a fork and baking in a 400°F oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour. When they’re done, they’ll give easily when you squeeze them.

    Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Maple & Thyme Photo 3
  3. While the sweet potatoes bake, melt the butter in a medium saucepan.

    Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Maple & Thyme Photo 4
  4. Add the maple syrup, milk, salt and pepper.

    Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Maple & Thyme Photo 5
  5. When the potatoes are cool enough to handle, cut them in half and scoop the flesh out into the butter mixture.

    Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Maple & Thyme Photo 6
  6. Mash with a potato masher or fork.

    Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Maple & Thyme Photo 7
  7. And then mash in the fresh thyme.

    Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Maple & Thyme Photo 8

How did you like this article?

You may also like