Orange Whipped Sweet Potatoes

Submitted by taillightsinsightbb

"this sounds like a great recipe for thanksgiving, or whenever.."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 1 bowl
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 3 lbs peeled and cubed sweet potatoes
• 2 2⁄3 cups orange juice, divided
• 1⁄4 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ginger

directions

1. place sweet potatoes and 2 1/3 cups of orange juice in a large saucepan or dutch oven.
2. cover and bring to a boil.
3. boil for 35-45 minutes or just until potatoes are tender.
4. drain and place in a large mixing bowl.
5. mash potatoes with the brown sugar, butter, salt, nutmeg, ginger and remaining orange juice.

Reviews

[OutnumberedByPeanuts]

I made this for my family last night and it got pretty good reviews overall. I tweaked it a little to suit my family's tastes. I halved the recipe because I had 1.5 lbs sweet potatoes, but I still used 1/4 cup brown sugar and 2 tbsp butter. I added 1/8 tsp cinnamon because I thought it would go well with the other spices. Finally, I omitted the salt and only used about 1/4 cup orange juice to mash in with the finished potatoes because I didn't think it needed the full amount of liquid in that step due to the texture before adding the liquid (I didn't want it to get too soupy). One thing I did notice was that it seems to need more boiling liquid - for my 1/2 batch, I would at least keep the full recipe amount of liquid for the boiling step because all of my juice kept evaporating long before 45 minutes had elapsed. I kept adding more water (ran out of juice) as needed and probably did end up using somewhere around the 2-1/3 cups the full recipe calls for. My 3 year old loved it (had 3rds at dinner and requested it the next day). My husband thought that the orange flavor was almost a little too strong (even with the reduced amounts I was able to use), so next time I may add less juice in the mashing process or see if I can use a different liquid for that. I tasted some of the potatoes before mashing them and thought that the orange flavor at that point was a nice subtle yet noticeable flavor. Thanks for the recipe! I'm definitely going to make again and will keep playing with it to match my family's preferences.