Sweet Potato Mash

Sweet Potato Mash

Ingredients

• Sweet potatoes 3
• Butter 25 gm
• Cream 1/4 cup
• Ground cinnamon 1/4 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Ground cloves Pinch
• Brown sugar 1 tsp
• Crushed black pepper to taste

Method

1. Bring a large pot of salted water (the water should taste salty, almost like seawater) to a boil over medium heat.Peel the sweet potatoes, and cut them in half lengthwise, then cut each half into quarters. Each sweet potato should end up cut into eight pieces.
2. When the water boils, add the cut sweet potatoes to the water and lower heat to a simmer. Simmer for 15 minutes or until the sweet potatoes can easily be pierced with a knife.
3. Drain the sweet potatoes and return to the pot. Add butter, cream, brown sugar and spices and mash lightly with a potato masher. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper serve right away