Mashed Maple Bourbon Sweet Potatoes

Recipe courtesy Dan Smith and Steve McDonagh

Show: Party Line with the Hearty BoysEpisode: Thanksgiving

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (22)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
1 hr 20 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
8 to 10 servings

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: 20 min
Cook: 1 hr 20 min
Total:: 2 hr 0 min

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Ingredients

6 pounds sweet potatoes
1 lemon, zested and juiced
3 tablespoons pure maple syrup
2 tablespoons light brown sugar
3 tablespoons bourbon
8 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon white pepper
Pecan Crumb Topping, optional

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

Place the sweet potatoes on a foil lined baking sheet and roast for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until very soft to the touch. Remove from the oven and let cool 20 minutes. When cool enough to handle, peel them by hand and put the flesh in the bowl of a mixer. Using a paddle attachment, mix in the lemon zest and juice, maple syrup and brown sugar.

Place the bourbon in a small saucepan and place over high heat. Let it come just to the boil and then tilt the pan slightly towards you to set it aflame*. Add to the potatoes along with the butter. Mix well. Add salt and pepper and transfer to a 13 by 9-inch oven-safe casserole dish. (Recipe can be made to this point up to 2 days before, refrigerated.) Sprinkle topping over potatoes and bake for 20 minutes until the top is golden brown.

Alternatively, you may simply sprinkle the top of the casserole with a little bit of brown sugar and 1/2 cup chopped pecans.

*This method does not "burn off" the alcohol.

Pecan Crumb Topping:

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 cup packed light brown sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper

Pinch dried thyme

1/2 cup chopped pecans

5 tablespoons butter, chilled and cut into bits

Mix the flour, brown sugar, salt, pepper, thyme and pecans together in a small bowl. Add the butter and work with your fingers until a crumbly mass forms.

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recipe Mashed Maple Bourbon Sweet Potatoes
lisa olympia, WA 12-23-2008
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family favorite...with minor modification
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

this is the best sweet potato recipe I've ever used. Instead of lemon, I find orange juice and zest really bring out a great... flavor in this dish. Otherwise, it is perfect as is! Don't wait for a special holiday, try it now! My family demands it every year in bigger and bigger portions!Read more
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Meredith Lascassas, TN 12-08-2008
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Add a little extra brown sugar
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

and these are easily the best sweet potatoes I have ever had. My grandson who's only 17 months thought so too, he kept going... for them across the table. I will definitely be doing these every year for Thanksgiving and some in between. Someone had given us a whiskey blended with honey that I would never buy and it was great in this.Read more
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Tricia Greenwood, LA 12-01-2008
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Something light and tasty
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My brother made these for Thanksgiving. I found the recipe very tasty and lighter and better tasting than the average sweet... potato. The lemon was a nice surprise. I've since printed this recipe for next year. Thank you, Food Network. Read more
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Andrew Fort Mitchell, KY 11-27-2008
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Thankgiving Ruined
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I put the sweet potatoes in the oven as directed. 1 hour a 375 degrees. They were soft on the outside and hard in the center,... so when I went to mix in the lemon, brown sugar and syrup it was a disaster. As a result, I went to Thanksgiving empty handed. Thanks a bunch! Read more
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Zachary SPRINGFIELD, MO 11-27-2008
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No Lemon
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I just made this recipe for a Thanksgiving feast with some friends. I agree with what a lot of people on here say. The dish... was good, but I think the lemon was a little overwhelming. To me, it sort of tasted like a lemon cookie. When I make this dish in the future, I would definitely not use lemon. I may try other people's suggestion of trying an orange next time. Read more
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Andrea Berkeley Heights, NJ 10-03-2008
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Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I have made this recipe for the past two years at Thanksgiving. I can't even begin to tell you the number of compliments that... I received on it. I make this dish without the burbon and it still comes out wonderfully! I love the flavor that the white pepper lends to it.Read more