Roasted Garlic Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Submitted by Lavender Lynn

"Recipe from Island Flave.com for US Virgin Islands."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 head garlic
• olive oil
• 5 large sweet potatoes (Light yellow ones, not the orange yams)
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1⁄2 cup whipping cream
• salt and white pepper

directions

1. Cut the top off unpeeled garlic head. Drizzle with olive oil, place in baking pan & bake & 250 degrees for 30 - 40 minutes.
2. Bake the potatoes at 400 degrees for 1 hour or until tender.
3. Cut potatoes in half, scoop into saucepan and mash.
4. Squeeze roasted garlic into the mashed potatoes.
5. Add butter, mash while adding cream a little at a time. Add salt & pepper to taste.

Reviews

[Leggy Peggy]

I wanted to serve this today with a slow-cooked beef casserole, so used the orange sweet potatoes I already had on hand. Besides, white sweet potatoes aren’t all that common in Australia. It was for just two of us, so I used 2 medium-sized sweet potatoes, 5 cloves of garlic, 2 tablespoons of butter and 1 1/2 tablespoons of whipping cream. Hubby said, ‘This is so good, what’s that extra added flavour?’ and I knew he meant the roasted garlic. A truly delicious way to make sweet potatoes. Will make often.

 

[DailyInspiration]

What a wonderful way to make sweet potatoes and I would have never thought that roasted garlic would go well with them. Boy, was I ever wrong -- they are addictively delicious. This recipe is headed to my Best of 2018 file for sure. Soooo good!

 

[lauralie41]

Couldnt find yellow sweet potatoes but wanted to try this recipe so I used yams and loved them. Used half and half instead of whipping cream and whipped everything together with my electric hand mixer. Put the potatoes back in a pot to heat thru before serving. If I ever spot yellow sweet potatoes will have to try them too. Made and reviewed for the Culinary Quest 2016 - Bahamas.

 

[lazyme]

Yummy potatoes. We love roasted garlic and this was a perfect way to have some. Thanks for sharing, Lynn. Made for CQ3 - Bahamas.

 

[Jostlori]

Mmmm, these were good! This is the first time I've had sweet potato mash with garlic in it. Will never make it any other way again! I don't mind the white sweet potatoes - it's all you can get here. Other than the color being a bit off sometimes, I like the way they taste. Thanks for posting! Made for ZWT9 for the Gourmet Goddesses.