Hi Guys! Everyone seems to be jumping into the Thanksgiving spirit and we totally are as well. We’re starting today with these crazy looking sweet potatoes. We have a really simple mashed sweet potato recipe for you today, using purple sweet potatoes, only because I found some at the market the other day and I love the intensity of the purple! If you can’t find purple sweet potatoes or the color of them freak you out non-purple sweet potatoes work just fine. :) I’m not a huge candied yam person so to me this is the perfect, slightly sweet alternative. Not so in your face sugar which is how I like it.
As we all prepare for this upcoming time of reflection and thanks I think it’s important to remember our loved ones back east, the devastation that has hit them and what we can do to do our part and help. Whether it’s donating money, food, clothes, etc. every little bit counts. During this time, lets not forget about all our furry friends who also lost their homes, were separated from their families and have absolutely no idea what’s going on. They desperately need our love and compassion during this difficult time. You can donate for both people and animals through a large number of different organizations both established and created for this specific cause. I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe week!
xx, Jenny
Other potato recipes you might like:
Mashed Purple Sweet Potatoes
INGREDIENTS
- 2 to 3 large purple sweet potatoes (about 2 lbs), peeled and chopped
- ⅓ cup heavy cream, warmed
- ¼ cup (½stick) unsalted butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- pinch ground cardamom
- salt to taste
garnish
- ⅓ tablespoons toasted pecans, chopped
maple butter
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
INSTRUCTIONS
- Place potatoes in a large pot and fill with water.
- Place pot over high heat and bring to a boil. Boil potatoes until fork tender, 20 to 25 minutes.
- Drain potatoes and place back into the pot. Add cream, butter and a pinch of salt and mash with a potato masher or with an electric hand mixer until desired consistency has been achieved. Stir in maple syrup, cinnamon and cardamom. Season with salt to taste.
- For maple butter: Stir together butter and syrup until combined.
- Scoop mashed sweet potatoes into a large bowl and drizzle with maple butter. Finish with a sprinkle of pecans and serve.
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Thank you for posting this! I always make purple potatoes for thanksgiving (I live in Okinawa, Japan and they don’t sell the orange here) and I was looking for a different recipe this year. This recipe is exactly what I was looking for. I’ll be making a few tweaks to it, but for the most part will make it similar. Thank you!
Wow, what a beautiful color!
I love to add cardamom to my sweet potatoes too. The flavor is awesome!
Mashed purple sweet potatoes seems like a great way to mix things up. Thanks for the recipe.
Thank you for this beautiful post. And for bringing colour to my day.
What a dazzler! No way I can wait until Thanksgiving to try these.
I’m also thinking about those who were harmed by Sandy. It makes me so sad to think of the pets and owners who have been separated by the storm, but need each other now more than ever.
How amazing. I have never seen purple sweet potatoes, I will have to keep my eyes open for for them, I would love to make the dish with them.
Looks and sounds so delicious! I love the high chroma purple color!
These are some fiiine potatoes. YUM!
Oh my goodness! I would love to find some purple sweet potatoes. How cool!?!
I just found out that there are purple sweet potatoes the other day! I love this recipe. Simple and fun! I think I could get a few of my nieces and nephews into this because of the color!
I just adore sweet potatoes, but I haven’t had the purple ones. What a stunning presentation they make! I’ll be tracking down some for my Thanksgiving table.
A technicolour kitchen invasion! Looks yum
I’ve just discovered your blog, and I love it! Pictures and design are so beautiful, it makes me want to try all these recipes today! :)
It will be funny to follow you at the opposite of the earth, it’s spring here!
These are truly just show-stopping. All of my holiday sweet potato recipes are officially going to be purple this year!
Yuuuuuuuuu-ES.
I want to eat purple mashed potatoes! Thank you for the reminder to get out of my Trader Joe’s and get to the farmers market!
I got my purple sweet potatoes at Trader Joes!
Oh my! I do love purple potatoes, but yours mashed came out so wonderfully colorful! So bright and deliriously delicious looking.
Completely lovely.
So very pretty. Adds something different to the dinner table:)
I thought for the longest time that I hated sweet potatoes, but it turns out I just hated the overly sweet candied ones like you :) Love the color of these!
Also thank you for bringing our attention to the pets that are probably suffering through all of this. I hadn’t even thought of them, thinking about lost pets just breaks my heart :(
I am in heaven with this post – the lighting, the color, the shimmery reflection off the potatoes! Wow…this is photo heaven! And the recipe isn’t half bad. :)
Pinning!
Oh, wow! This just might be the most beautiful mashed sweet potatoes I’ve ever seen. That purple is just so vibrant.
This is too freaking funny. I posted a purple sweet potato recipe today too! They are so much fun.
These look delicious! I keep seeing purple potato recipes around blogland but I’ve yet to find any. I love that there is cardamom in your recipe – so yummy!