Brûléed Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Source: Cooking Light

 Borrowing from the classic dessert crème brûlée, this dish has a hard candy topping, a crisp contrast to the creamy sweet potatoes.

6 cups hot mashed sweet potatoes (about 4 pounds)
3/4 cup whole milk
3 tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Cooking spray
1/2 cup packed brown sugar

Preheat broiler.
Combine first 6 ingredients in a bowl. Spoon potato mixture into an 11 x 7-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle 1/2 cup brown sugar evenly over top. Broil 2 minutes or until sugar melts. Let stand until melted sugar hardens (about 5 minutes).

Yield: 14 servings (serving size: about 1/2 cup)


Cooking Light, DECEMBER 2001