I’ve been wanting to
cook sweet potatoes for a while. So I did it, finally. But of course, I
couldn’t make my mind on the way I was going to cook them. I think I chose the
perfect day to cook my sweet potatoes. They always remind me of summer and
guess what, today was one of the scarce sunny days we had during the winter in
Western France. So to celebrate the sun, I cooked my sweet potatoes a sweet way
but a sunny way.
I chose to cook mashed
sweet potatoes. I cooked the vegetables in some milk with vanilla and ginger.
The taste was just perfect and exotic, exactly as I expected it. The ginger
reminded of my mother whom I miss a lot and who loves it so much that she would
put it in every dish she cooks if only everyone shared her love for this
flavour.
With the leftovers of
my milk, I baked a spicy custard with cardamom and orange zest. It made a nice
desert to end our sweet potato meal.
My second recipe was a
very simple one but very comforting one. I cooked sweet potatoes fries in the
oven with olive oil, rosemary and we ate them with some home made mayonnaise.
It was very simple, fast and easy to do but fries, as in every household, are
always a winner.
So that’s it, here is
my sweet potatoes variation. I hope you enjoy it.
Serves 2 to 3 people:
Mashed sweet potatoes:
-
1 large
sweet potato
-
75 mL milk
-
Half a
vanilla pod
-
A small
piece of fresh ginger
Peal and cut the sweet
potato in large cubes. Cut the vanilla pod in two and retrieve the inside.
Thinly slice the ginger.
Bring the milk to a
boil and throw in all the ingredients, including the empty vanilla pod.
Cook the potatoes for
about 20 minutes or until they are soft. Use a food processor to mash them with
the ginger and some of the milk (I used about 20 mL).
Serve hot with some
slices of roasted pork for example and a few sesame seeds.
Sweet potato fries:
-
1 long
sweet potato
-
Olive oil
to taste
-
Lemon
pepper to taste
-
Salt to
taste
-
Rosemary to
taste
Heat your oven on 390°
(200° C).
Peal and cut your
sweet potato in fries-shaped pieces. Lay them on a baking tray. Season them
with some olive oil, rosemary and lemon pepper.
Cook your fries for
about 20 minutes. Add the salt once that they are cooked and serve them with a
homemade mayonnaise and a salad.
Bon apƩtit!
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