Sweet Potato Puree with Browned-Butter Maple Syrup
By dbfv101
With just a modest amount of pure maple
syrup, this version retains all the
expected sweetness of the familiar dish.
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Ingredients
- 4 pounds sweet potatoes
- Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 4 1/2 teaspoons pure maple syrup
- 1/4 cup chopped toasted pecans
Preparation
Step 1
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Prick sweet potatoes a few times with a fork. Bake on a foil-lined baking sheet until tender, 1 hour 15 minutes. Let cool slightly.
Scoop out flesh from sweet potatoes, and puree in a food processor with 1 1/2 teaspoons salt until smooth (you may need to do this in 2 batches). Season with pepper.
Heat a saucepan over medium heat. Add butter; cook, swirling, until deep brown with a nutty aroma. Remove from heat; swirl in syrup. Reheat puree; transfer to a bowl. Pour butter over top; sprinkle with pecans.
From Martha Stewart Living,
November 2010