Mashed Sweet Potatoes

original post: http://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2014/11/mashed-sweet-potatoes.html

Ingredients

3 large sweet potatoes

1 tablespoon sugar

1 teaspoon salt

Béchamel

2 tablespoon butter

3 tablespoon flour

1 ¼ cup milk

1 tablespoon Thyme

¼ teaspoon Black pepper

1 teaspoon Salt

¼ cup Parmesan cheese

2 Garlic cloves shredded

Instructions

• Place a pot of water to boil with the salt and sugar
• Peel the potatoes and slice each into large chunks
• Place potatoes in the water and cook until they are tender, strain and set aside
• In a saucepan melt the butter and add the flour cook until they are fully incorporated
• Add milk and stir until it begins to thicken
• Reduce the heat to very low add thyme, black pepper, salt, cheese and shredded garlic
• Stir until everything is incorporated and the sauce coats a spoon
• In a food processor place the cooked sweet potatoes and the béchamel sauce and whip until smooth

Greedy Tips:

• You can’t mash sweet potato by hand as you would regular potatoes. You have to cream them in a food processor or blender because sweet potatoes are very stringy and trashy if not blended correctly.
• You can make the béchamel sauce ahead of time and store in the refrigerator.