Brown Butter Sage Sweet Potato Mash Recipes

BROWN BUTTER SAGE SWEET POTATO MASH

Steps:

• Peel sweet potatoes and cut into 1/2-inch cubes. Place in a medium saucepan with whole garlic cloves and broth. Add water as needed to just cover the sweet potatoes.
• Bring sweet potatoes to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until sweet potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the sage-infused brown butter. Finely chop sage. Add butter to a small skillet and heat over low heat, stirring, until butter is golden. If you listen carefully, the butter will stop crackling when it is browned. Add sage and stir, then turn off heat.
• Drain sweet potatoes, reserving 1 cup of the cooking liquid. Add browned sage butter, salt and pepper. Use a potato ricer or masher to mash sweet potatoes until smooth, adding cooking liquid as needed until the desired consistency is reached.
• Serve hot. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

BROWNED BUTTER SWEET POTATOES WITH SAGE

Steps:

• Clean and cook the sweet potatoes until flesh is tender. Either prick and bake or microwave. About 40 minutes if baking, about 5-7 minutes if microwaving, depending on the size and number of sweet potatoes.
• Peel and reserve flesh. (I save the peels for my dog)
• In the bowl of a mixer, fitted with a paddle, beat the sweet potatoes for 1 or 2 minutes, until almost smooth.
• In a saucepan over a medium heat, melt butter and sage together, watching carefully until it begins to turn golden brown. Just as it turns nutty brown and fragrant, remove from the heat and add to the mashed sweet potato.
• Blend sweet potato mash and browned butter and sage until mixed. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Serves 6, 1/2 cup each.

BROWN BUTTER SWEET POTATO MASH

Steps:

• Pierce 4 sweet potatoes with a fork. Microwave until softened, 12 minutes. Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a saucepan over medium heat and cook until brown flecks appear. Add 3/4 cup milk, 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla; heat until warm but not boiling. Peel the potatoes and puree in a food processor with the warm milk, adding up to 1/4 cup more milk if needed. Top with lemon zest.

MASHED SWEET POTATOES WITH SAGE BUTTER

Steps:

• Cover sweet potatoes with water in a 2-quart heavy saucepan and add salt. Cook, covered, over moderately high heat until tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Reserve 1/4 cup cooking liquid, then drain sweet potatoes in a colander. Transfer sweet potatoes and reserved cooking liquid to a bowl and mash with a potato masher.
• Mash together butter, sage, and salt and pepper to taste, then stir half of sage butter into sweet potatoes. Serve potatoes topped with remaining sage butter.