Sweet Potato & Parsnip Mash
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Author Notes: This is a variation on the technique Cook's Illustrated uses for making mashed sweet potatoes. I've used half sweet potatoes and half parsnips. To add some dimension I've incorporated freshly grated horseradish root. I've cooked part of the horseradish root with the vegetables to soften it's pungency plus stirred some in after cooking for added pizzazz. I find the combination to be sweet with enough of a bite to add interest, but not clear the sinuses! If you don't find it to be sweet enough, add a small amount of sweetener. Feel free to adjust the pungency to your taste with additional horseradish. - hardlikearmour
Food52 Review: I'm always a fan of recipes that only dirty one dish from start to finish. The parsnips are wonderful with the sweet potatoes. The kick of horseradish adds something special to the dish and a tablespoon of maple syrup made it complete. - biffbourgeois - biffbourgeois
Serves 4
- 1 & 1/4 pounds orange-fleshed sweet potatoes
- 1 pound parsnips
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 teaspoon table salt
- 1 packed tablespoon freshly grated horseradish, divided
- additional salt and horseradish to taste
- sugar, maple syrup, or honey if needed to sweeten
- Peel sweet potatoes and parsnips, and cut into 1/4-inch thick slices.
- Combine sweet potato and parsnip slices, cream, butter, salt, and half of the horseradish root in a 3 or 4 quart saucepan with a tight fitting lid. Heat over low heat, stirring occasionally, until vegetables have softened. This will take about 40 to 50 minutes.
- Remove from heat and mash with a potato masher to desired texture. Stir in half of remaining horseradish making sure to incorporate well. Taste and adjust seasoning with salt, additional horseradish, and/or sweetener if needed. Serve hot.
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Root Vegetable Side
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Recipe with Horseradish
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7 months ago QueenSashy
Love this recipe, have a crowd coming next week for a post-Thanksgiving feast and I am definitely going to give it a try.
7 months ago hardlikearmour
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I really love the combo of parsnips and sweet potatoes, and I hope you do to!
over 1 year ago pickled
Be sure to purchase the orange-fleshed variety of sweet potato. Our local grocery labels the orange sweet potatoes incorrectly as yams so our family Thanksgiving grocery runner purchased the white flesh variety labeled sweet potatoes instead. We attempted this recipe with the white variety and it simply did not work. It came out bland and boring.
over 1 year ago hardlikearmour
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Yikes! I'm sorry to hear that. I never use the white-fledged sweet potatoes so it didn't occur to me to specify.
over 1 year ago EmilyC
Congrats on the Editors' Pick, HLA! I love sweet potatoes and parsnips but have never combined them before. Saving your recipe -- it looks and sounds so delicious.
over 1 year ago hardlikearmour
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Thanks, EmilyC! They are a great combo. I was just looking at your sweet potato with bacon and arugula recipe and thinking how amazing it sounded! Congrats yourself.
over 1 year ago wssmom
How did I miss this first time around? LOVE the horseradish!
over 1 year ago hardlikearmour
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Thanks, wssmom! The horseradish is really nice with the sweet veggies - it adds a little punch w/out being overwhelming.
about 2 years ago fiveandspice
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Yum! Just yum!
about 2 years ago hardlikearmour
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thanks, 5&spice. My tummy thought it was yummy!
about 2 years ago gingerroot
This looks really yummy. I love the contrast of sweet and hot, with the cream and butter rounding everything out.
about 2 years ago hardlikearmour
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thanks, gingerroot! It's a nice flavor combo.
about 2 years ago checker
For some reason I get locked in on a veggie for a few weeks at a time, and I have been into parsnips for about three weeks now. I think I'll be making this soon.
about 2 years ago hardlikearmour
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Parsnips is one of my favorites! I'm actually working on a parsnip cake (think carrot cake) recipe currently. Hope to get it posted in the fairly near future.
about 2 years ago TheWimpyVegetarian
This looks really wonderful! I hadn't thought of the sweet potato-parsnip-horseradish combo. It sounds perfect!
about 2 years ago hardlikearmour
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It was a case of me getting some fresh horseradish w/o having an idea of what to do with it, then looking through the fridge and pantry! It worked out well - nice combo of sweet with a little kick from the horseradish.
about 2 years ago Sagegreen
Love the way this is tempered with the cream. Delicious!
about 2 years ago hardlikearmour
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Cream does have a way of making things especially yummy!