Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients

• Sweet potato

  Raw, unprepared

  2 sweetpotato, 5" long or 260g

• Half and half cream

  Fluid

  ½ cup or 121g

• Butter

  Unsalted

  3 tbsp or 43g

• Brown sugar

  2 tbsp or 18g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

Directions

1. Chop sweet potatoes into 1-in chunks.
2. Set a steamer basket in a large saucepan. Fill with enough water to come just below basket; bring to a boil, then reduce to a gentle simmer. Place sweet potatoes in steamer basket and cover; steam until tender, 15 to 25 minutes. Drain, and return to saucepan.
3. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, bring half-and-half, butter, and brown sugar to a simmer, stirring to combine; remove from heat. Add to drained sweet potatoes, and mash just until smooth; season with salt and pepper.