Bourbon Pecan Smashed Sweet Potatoes
"This is another one of Rachael Ray's recipes. I wanted to do something different with sweet potatoes on Thanksgiving and this fit right in with my "orange" theme."
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 3 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
- 3 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces
- 1⁄2 cup chopped pecans
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 ounces Bourbon
- 1⁄2 cup orange juice
- 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- salt and pepper
directions
- Bring a medium pot of water to boil. Add sweet potatoes and cook 12 to 15 minutes until tender. Drain in a colander.
- Return pan to medium heat. Add butter to pan.
- When butter melts, add nuts and toast for 2 minutes.
- Add sugar and let it bubble.
- Add bourbon and cook out alcohol, 1 minute.
- Add orange juice and the cooked sweet potatoes.
- Smash with a masher and season the sweet potatoes with nutmeg, salt and pepper.
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Reviews
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This is fantastic. We've made it for every holiday for the last 3 years and there are rarely any leftovers.
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Denise in da Kitchen
Willington, Connecticut
I LOVE to cook and eat and read cookbooks. My kitchen really does overfloweth with them and of course this has quickly become my favorite cooking site! I live with my husband in a small town in eastern Connecticut. We are both retired. My children are all grown and have families of their own now. Our 3 grandchildren and 1 great-granddaughter all live in Florida and it goes without saying that we miss them very much, so when my husband retired last year we celebrated by buying a small RV! We so enjoyed driving it to Florida to spend the holidays with the little ones. Although COVID has prevented us from repeating the trip this year, I am enjoying learning new recipes to make in our RV for next year. I think the Instant Pot and the Crock Pot will be my new best friends while traveling!
