Mashed sweet potatoes and pears

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
5 pounds Red-skinned sweet potatoes; (yams)
6 tablespoons Unsalted butter; room temperature
4 larges Firm but ripe Bartlett pears; peeled, cored, cut
; into 1/3 inch-thick
; slices
¾ cup Pear nectar; (or more)
¼ cup Sugar
½ teaspoon Ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon Ground cardamom; (generous)

Directions

Preheat oven to 400F. Butter 13 x 9 x 2 - inch glass baking dish. Pierce potatoes in several places with fork. Place on baking sheet; bake until very tender when pierced with knife, about 1 hour. Remove from oven. Reduce temperature to 350F.

Meanwhile, melt 2 tablespoons butter in heavy large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add pears; sautee until beginning to soften, about 5 minutes. Add ¾ cup nectar; bring to simmer. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer until pears are very tender, adding more nectar if mixture sticks to skillet and stirring often, about 4 minutes. Transfer to processor and puree.

Peel sweet potatoes; place in large bowl of electric mixer. Add 4 tablespoons butter; beat until smooth. Mix in pear puree, sugar, cinnamon and cardamom. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to prepared dish (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.) Bake potatoes uncovered until just heated through, about 20 minutes.

Serves 8.

Bon Appetit November 1994

Converted by MC_Buster.

Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

Related recipes