Bourbon Mashed Sweet Potatoes
By: Stephen Richards, author of Delicious Meets Nutritious
This delicious recipe calls for a great fusion of flavors with salty and sweet ingredients and a kick from bourbon. Here's your perfect go-to side dish when serving turkey, chicken or ham. Enjoy Bourbon Mashed Sweet Potatoes for the holidays.
Ingredients
- 6 pound sweet potatoes
- 4 tablespoon bourbon
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup pecan halves
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 3 tablespoon Xagave
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Prick sweet potatoes with fork and on a baking sheet, bake in middle of oven until soft, about 1 hour.
- When cool enough to handle, peel potatoes and transfer to a large bowl.
- Add bourbon and 6 tablespoon butter and mash with a potato masher.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Transfer to a 2-quart baking dish. In a small sauté pan, melt remaining butter and cook pecans until fragrant, about 3 - 5 minutes.
- Salt to taste. Reduce oven to 325 degrees F.
- Arrange pecans on top of sweet potatoes and drizzle with Xagave.
- Bake for 20 to 30 minutes, until heated through and pecans are slightly browned.