Side Dish

Mashed sweet potatoes and pears is for Side Dish.

Mashed sweet potatoes and pears takes several minutes to prepare.

Mashed sweet potatoes and pears takes 80 minutes to cook.

Mashed sweet potatoes and pears makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Mashed sweet potatoes and pears are:

5 lbs sweet potatoes or yams
1 large can pears (8 halves)
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
4T butter, room temperature
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 tsp nutmeg

Here is how you make Mashed sweet potatoes and pears:

Directions:Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Pierce potatoes with fork and place on baking sheet. Bake until very tender: about 1 hour.While potatoes are baking, puree pears and 1/4 cup pear juice in processor. Remove potatoes from oven, peel and place in electric mixer. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees.Add butter to potatoes and mash until smooth. Mix in pear puree, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Season with salt and pepper. Butter a 13"x9"x2" glass baking dish and add potato mixture. (may be prepared a day ahead, covered and chilled.)Bake potatoes @ 350 degrees, uncovered, until just heated through-about 20 minutes.Makes 8 servings.Number of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MEOTTEN.

The nutritional information for Mashed sweet potatoes and pears is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 209.7

• Total Fat: 6.2 g
• Cholesterol: 15.5 mg
• Sodium: 59.0 mg
• Total Carbs: 38.7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.8 g
• Protein: 1.6 g