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Spicy Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Raisins

Recipe information

  • Yield

    serves 6

Ingredients

2 pounds sweet potatoes
Salt
6 tablespoons butter
Pepper
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons black or golden raisins, soaked in water for 15 minutes

Preparation

  1. Peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into pieces. Boil in salted water for about 15–20 minutes, until soft. Drain and mash with a fork. Add butter, salt and pepper, ginger, and cinnamon, and beat well. Then add the drained raisins.

Cover of Claudia Roden's The New Book of Middle Easter Food, featuring a blue filigree bowl filled with Meyer lemons and sprigs of mint.
Reprinted with permission from The New Book of Middle Eastern Food, copyright © 2000 by Claudia Roden, published by Knopf. Buy the full book on Amazon or Bookshop.
TagsSweet PotatoPotatoRoot VegetableVegetableRaisinDried FruitFruitSideDinnerNut FreeGluten FreeVegetarianQuickEasy5 Ingredients or Fewer30 Minutes or LessSimmerFallWinterCookbooks
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