4 large (750 grams, 1 1/2 pounds) sweet potatoes
2 tablespoons butter
the juice of 1 large lime
2 teaspoons finely grated fresh ginger
salt & pepper to taste
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Wash the sweet potatoes and poke them several times with a fork. Bake them for aproximately 1 hour or perhaps a little longer, until tender.
While the sweet potatoes are baking, put the butter, lime juice and ginger in a small pot or dish and heat until the butter melts. Set aside until the sweet potatoes are ready.
Let the cooked sweet potatoes cool enough to handle, and peel them. Mash them with the butter, lime juice, and ginger. Season to taste with salt and pepper. This can be re-heated in the oven or in a pot, if you let it cool that much.
Last year at this time I made Rutabaga Hash.
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My favorite way to cook sweet potatoes is to quarter them with the skin on and then nuke them on high for 7 minutes in my microwave, other makes could be less or more. I just can’t see myself warming up my oven for 30 minutes and then bake 2 potatoes for another 1 hour. BTW, I love that ginger touch, brilliant!
Right, I always forget about the microwave. That doesn't add any liquid, so it would be okay too. As for ginger, it goes with everything! That's what I say.
Of course, you are correct about the ginger. However, ginger AND Frank's Hot sauce goes with everything, including ice cream.
BTW, I never bake any potato in the oven. To me it is terrible waste of energy and time. For gnocchi, I "bake" my potatoes in nuker, always. I place them on a doughnut made out of paper towel so that they do not touch the glass turntable and flip them 4 times during cooking. Works like a charm and they are done by the time the oven would come to the temperature.
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