You may prepare this sweet potato purée up to two days in advance. Keep in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 45 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr |
| Servings: | 8 |
Ingredients
- 3 pounds whole sweet potatoes, pricked with a fork
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- ½ cup buttermilk
- ½ cup whole milk
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Adjust an oven rack to the upper-middle position. Line a baking tray with aluminum foil.
- Bake potatoes on the prepared tray in the preheated oven until tender, 45 to 60 minutes. Peel when cool enough to handle.
- Purée peeled potatoes in a food processor until smooth; season with salt and pepper. With the motor running, add buttermilk and milk gradually through the feeder tube, then butter. Continue processing until silky smooth.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 238 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 36 g |
| Cholesterol | 25 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 5 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 323 mg |
| Sugars | 9 g |
| Fat | 9 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
OMG, heavenly! And so easy – love that you can make ahead and clean up before serving. Served with orange-glazed duck breasts and roasted asparagus…
Unlike some who completely reinvent the recipe, I went a bit light on the liquid and found this to be sexy and silky. I’d totally make it again.
Delicious!
I didn’t have any milk. It was still perfect.
This did NOT disappoint! I used 2 huge sweet potatoes, 2.5 lbs, baked as instructed and then in the food processor. I dribbled whole milk in while pulsing. I then added about 2 TBSP buttermilk. It made a bit tangy which I liked. I only used total about 1/3 C milk combined. I jazzed it up with chopped toasted pecans just cuz the hubs loves them. May sprinkle on a bit of brown sugar . But these are GREAT without anything else!!! So excited I found a new make-ahead for the holidays!!! ??????. It will be hard not to sneak tastes before dinner tonight.
Wow! Sooo much better than the “Boil and Smash” method! Richer, creamier, this is my new go to sweet potato recipe. Just so yummy!
Decadent and delicious!!
Perfect!
Excellent! I don’t make any changes -perfect as written. It’s a a great side dish for the holidays, especially because it can be made ahead of time. Thanks for the recipe!
This is an amazing dish! I had to make my own buttermilk, easy peasy. I used half the butter and still found that too much, next time I will leave it out. Baking the sweet potatoes at such high heat almost caramelized them, so they were very soft and very sweet. I think this dish will become a regular on my table.
Used as base for avocado brownies
My wife said it’s the best sweet potatoes she’s ever had. Great recipe. I added a teaspoon of nutmeg and it was really nice.
This was very good. One recipe served 11 people. Made 2 days ahead and it warmed up very nicely.
Easy, light & delicious.
This was so wonderful! I replaced the buttermilk by heavy cream and it was delicious! Will make again very soon! Thank you!
Delicious! I didn’t use the buttermilk and cut the butter to 4 tablespoons. I will make this again!
Amazing. Reduced the butter in half and did not miss it.
Absolutely delicious! I didn’t even add much butter because it was so yummy before putting the butter in.
Quite good! Even my sweet potato hating husbands went back for seconds. Instead of the food processor, I put the baked and peeled potatoes through a ricer. Worked beautifully. May make this for Thanksgiving.
I just made this and will serve with ham steak in a little while. I baked 1 yam (the orange variety) at 425 deg. for 45 minutes, according to instructions. I didn’t peel it; I put the whole potato into the Vitamix with 1/3 c. whole milk and 2 Tbsp. softened butter, salt and pepper (the ingredients cut by 1/3.) I licked the spatula, and I can tell you this is restaurant quality. I didn’t add any ingredients. Enjoy, you Vitamix enthusiasts!
I made this according to the directions (except I used 6 Ready to Microwave Baking Sweet Potatoes and then used the mixer to blend.) These were delicious and had a wonderful texture! My family loved this recipe and my daughter that LOVES sweet potatoes (baked only) couldn’t get enough of them!