Sweet Potato Puree with Bananas and Buttered Pecans

Show: Food 911Episode: Food 911:Tyler Tackles Turkey

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Cook Time:
1 hr 40 min
Level:
--
Yield:
6 to 8 servings

Times:

Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 1 hr 40 min
Total:: 1 hr 50 min

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Ingredients

6 pounds (about 6) sweet potatoes
2 ripe bananas, skins on
2 ounces (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup pure maple syrup
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 pound pecans
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 tablespoon salt
2 tablespoons brown sugar

Directions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

Pierce the sweet potatoes with a fork and bake until tender, about 1 hour. Roast the bananas, with the skins on, for the last 15 minutes of cooking time. When cool enough to handle, peel the potatoes and bananas, and transfer to a food processor. Pulse until the potatoes are chunky.

Add the butter and maple syrup, puree until smooth. Add the cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice and salt; puree to combine. Transfer to a shallow baking pan and smooth out the surface with a spatula.

In a skillet, cook the pecans in butter over low heat and sprinkle with salt. Saute until well-coated, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes. Transfer the pecans to paper towels to drain. Arrange pecans on top of puree and sprinkle with brown sugar. Bake at 300 degrees F until heated through, about 20 minutes.

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recipe Sweet Potato Puree with Bananas and Buttered Pecans
Valerie Hamilton, OH 11-21-2009
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Best Ever Sweet Poato recipe
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I've made this for a few years now .. every time I make it someone asks me where I got the recipe. My husband hates Sweet... Potatoes. These are the ONLY ones he will eat and come back for seconds and thirds. Now he wants me to make Tyler's recipe for Pumpkin Meringue Pie we watched him make on Thanksgivings Top 10 questions answered. Can't wait to make them both this year. Yum!Read more
recipe Sweet Potato Puree with Bananas and Buttered Pecans
Elaine Virginia Beach, VA 11-17-2009
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Too Wonderful not too make!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I can even remember how I use to make my sweet potatoes as this has become the most request sweet potato recipe ever! My... family loves it! All my friends want the recipe. Sometimes, I've put a little oj in the potato mixture and I've put a little coconut in the topping too. But the basic recipe is FABULOUS! Tip, if you don't have a food processor, you can use a stick blender too.Read more
recipe Sweet Potato Puree with Bananas and Buttered Pecans
Dawn Modesto, CA 09-21-2009
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It's become tradition!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Ever since I saw this 3 or 4 years ago on Food Network, I've been making it for Thanksgiving dinner. I follow this recipe to... a "T" for relatives/friends who can have sugar, and sub sugar free maple syrup, splenda brown sugar for those watching thier carbs, or who are diabetic. Both are a huge hit! Thanks Tyler!Read more
recipe Sweet Potato Puree with Bananas and Buttered Pecans
Nytarsha Houston, TX 05-31-2007
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wasn't bad...
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

but it could have been better.
recipe Sweet Potato Puree with Bananas and Buttered Pecans
JULISSA New Rochelle, NY 12-05-2006
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Interesting taste
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

the sweet potatoe with bananas tastes delicious, i just think that it should have less cinnamon, i think half the amount is... sufficient.Read more
recipe Sweet Potato Puree with Bananas and Buttered Pecans
Karen Dallas, TX 11-30-2006
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A big hit at Thanksgiving
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This was a big hit with the adults and the kids. I did add a shot of bourbon to the pecans when they were cooking. I also... had to put marshmellows on the top to make the kids happy. The flavor of the roasted banana with the sweet potatoes was awesome. It will become a holiday regular with the family.Read more