Sweet Potato Cream Recipe
Sweet potato cream is simple, fast and satiating. The sweet potato, also called sweet potato or sweet potato, is an autumn tuber, so we must take advantage of the season to make all kinds of recipes with sweet potatoes. In this sense, we tend to associate this food with sweet recipes due to its flavor, however, we can also make savory dishes such as this sweet potato cream, which is smooth and aromatic thanks to the spices that we will add.
Before getting down to work with this sweet potato cream recipe, we recommend choosing the sweet potatoes taking into account that if they are more mature, they will be sweeter. So, if you are looking for a rather salty cream, opt for less ripe sweet potatoes. In any case, you will have a light, healthy and easy to prepare dish. Also, you can make this recipe in advance because it can be kept in the fridge for 3-4 days and even frozen. Having said all this, keep reading to discover the step by step that we share and know how to make sweet potato cream.
Ingredients to make Sweet Potato Cream:
- 1 large sweet potato
- 2 medium carrots
- 2 small potatoes
- 1 liter of water or vegetable broth
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 pinch of pepper
- 1 teaspoon of ginger
How to make Sweet Potato Cream:
- To prepare the sweet potato cream, the first thing you should do is get the vegetables ready. To do this, peel the potatoes, clean the carrots, peel and cut the sweet potato into medium pieces. We have chosen to make a sweet potato and carrot cream, but you can add more vegetables to your liking, such as pumpkin, courgette or onion.
- Heat a pot of water or vegetable broth (it can also be half and half) over medium heat. Add the potatoes, carrot and sweet potato, keeping in mind that the vegetables must be covered by the water so that they cook well. Let cook until all the ingredients are well cooked.
- You can also make sweet potato and apple cream by adding a peeled and chopped green apple to the pot, it will give it a touch of exquisite flavor.
- Tip: if you use a pressure cooker you will save time, since they are usually ready in 10 minutes. With a conventional pot, the cooking time is around 20 minutes.
- Prepare the spices that you are going to use to flavor the sweet potato cream. We have chosen a little salt, pepper and half a teaspoon of ginger. The ginger gives it a very good spicy touch, but you should not abuse it because it would be too spicy.
- When you see that the vegetables are almost cooked, add the spices, stir and mix well.
- Transfer the vegetables to a blender glass, add a little of the cooking water and start blending with an electric hand mixer. If you see that the cream is very thick, add water little by little. If you have leftover water, do not throw it away, since it is a delicious vegetable broth that you can use to make other recipes.
- Transfer the sweet potato and potato cream to the saucepan and heat it again. Taste it to rectify with salt and pepper if necessary. You can also add other spices, such as curry, turmeric, nutmeg…, as well as more water from cooking the vegetables to give them an even lighter texture. The good thing about these recipes is that they can be totally adapted to the taste of the person who prepares them. The sweet potato soup is almost ready!
- When it is very hot, serve it with a splash of oil on top and pepper. You can also taste the sweet potato cream recipe with pieces of toasted bread. We point out that you can serve the cream cold or hot, and in addition, you can also present the sweet potato cream with coconut milk or with cinnamon. You’ll love it!
