Bourbon Sweet Potato Puree With Buttered Pecans Recipes

SWEET POTATO PUREE WITH BANANAS AND BUTTERED PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Pierce the sweet potatoes with a fork and bake until tender, about 1 hour. Roast the bananas, with the skins on, for the last 15 minutes of cooking time. When cool enough to handle, peel the potatoes and bananas, and transfer to a food processor. Pulse until the potatoes are chunky.
• Add the butter and maple syrup, puree until smooth. Add the cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice and salt; puree to combine. Transfer to a shallow baking pan and smooth out the surface with a spatula.
• In a skillet, cook the pecans in butter over low heat and sprinkle with salt. Saute until well-coated, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes. Transfer the pecans to paper towels to drain. Arrange pecans on top of puree and sprinkle with brown sugar. Bake at 300 degrees F until heated through, about 20 minutes.

BOURBON SWEET-POTATO PURéE WITH BUTTERED PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Prick sweet potatoes with a fork and in a baking pan bake in middle of oven until tender, about 1 hour.
• When just cool enough to handle, peel potatoes and transfer half to a food processor. Add bourbon and 6 tablespoons butter and purée 30 seconds. Transfer purée to a large bowl. Purée remaining potatoes in food processor until completely smooth and transfer to bowl. Stir purée until combined well and season with salt and pepper. Transfer purée to a 2-quart gratin dish or other shallow baking dish. Purée may be made 2 days ahead and chilled, covered. Bring purée to room temperature before proceeding.
• Reduce temperature to 325° F.
• In a shallow baking pan spread pecans in one layer and bake in middle of oven until fragrant, about 10 minutes. Toss hot pecans with remaining 2 tablespoons butter and coarse salt. Pecans may be made 2 days ahead and kept in an airtight container at room temperature.
• Arrange pecans on top of purée and sprinkle with brown sugar. Bake purée in upper third of oven until heated through and pecans are slightly browned, about 30 minutes.

BOURBON SWEET POTATO PUREE WITH BUTTERED PECANS

Steps:

• 1. Prick sweet potatoes with a fork and bake in the middle of voen until tender, about 1 hour. 2. When cool enough to handle, peel and transfer half of the potatoes to a food processor. Add bourbon and 6 tablespoons of butter. Puree 30 seconds. Transfer puree to a large bowl and puree the remaining potatoes until completed smooth. Transfer to bowl. Season well with salt and pepper. 2. Transfer puree to a 2-quart shallow baking dish. 3. Reduce oven to 325. 4. In a shallow baking pan spread pecans in one layer and bake in the middle of oven until fragrant, about 10 minutes. Toss hot pecans with remaining 2 tablespoons butter and coarse salt. 5. Arrange pecans on top of puree and sprinkle with brown sugar. Bake in upper third of oven until heated through and pecans are slightly browned.