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A cream colored bowl filled with sweet potato puree next to a bunch of oranges on a light pink background.

Sweet Potato Puree with Roasted Garlic and Orange

By Natalie Marble
Allow me to introduce you to what will be come your new favorite fall and winter side dish. This Sweet Potato Puree with Roasted Garlic and Orange has a gorgeous texture and flavor that can play a supporting role to so many of your cooler weather favorites, but be anything but boring. It's earthy yet bright and some of the best of the season.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 6
Calories 308 kcal

Equipment

  • Potato ricer or food mill (either is preferable)

Ingredients
  

  • 3 lbs sweet potatoes
  • 1 head garlic
  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • 5 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 1 orange (large, zest only)
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
  • Poke the sweet potatoes all over with a fork and place them on a sheet pan.
  • Cut the top ⅓ of the head of garlic off and place both halves on a piece of aluminum foil.  Pour the olive oil over the garlic and close the foil around the garlic, sealing it well, so that no steam can escape.  Place this on the sheet pan with the potatoes.  Roast until potatoes are fork tender - about 1 hour, depending on the size of your sweet potatoes.
  • When cool enough to handle, squeeze the garlic cloves out of the head of garlic into a large bowl and mash it with a fork.
  • Add the butter to the bowl and pass the sweet potatoes through a ricer or food mill into the bowl with the garlic and butter.
  • Zest the orange into the bowl and add the salt and pepper.  Mix it until really well combined.  Taste and add more salt, if necessary.

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Notes

  • If you don't have a potato ricer or food mill, a potato masher will work - just be sure to work out as many lumps as possible.
  • Do not use a hand mixer or stand mixer.  These will work the potatoes too much - they will release a lot of starch and become gluey.

Nutrition

Calories: 308kcalCarbohydrates: 50gProtein: 4gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 25mgSodium: 514mgPotassium: 828mgFiber: 7gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 32518IUVitamin C: 19mgCalcium: 89mgIron: 2mg
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