A Sweet Orange Mash...

A sweet orange mash sounds intriguing... but really its just a combination of sweet potato and carrots, sounds boring but I do promise you it is the tastiest mash goin'round and I had to try a few techniques to get it right...so here it is!

 


What you will need.

1. One large sweet potato (the orange kind)
2. 3 large carrots
3. 3 large cloves of garlic
4. 30 grams butter (I didn't say it was going to be fat free)
5. Dried Oregano (a couple of shakes)
6. Salt & Pepper to season

Extras
- A Non stick deep baking tray
- A bamix or food processor

How to prepare.

1. Peel and chop carrots and sweet potato into large pieces and set aside.
2.  Preheat oven to 200 degrees celcius with baking tray heating inside it.
3. After a few minutes safely remove the hot tray from the oven and set onto a safe benchtop space
4. Add the butter to the tray and allow it to melt
5. Place the precut carrots and sweet potato pieces into the tray. Turn the pieces over into the melted butter to coat.
6. Season with oregano, salt and pepper.
7. Reduce oven down to 180 degrees celcius and place tray back into the oven.
8. Bake for 25 minutes.
9. Chop the garlic roughtly and add to the tray after 25 minutes of baking, then bake for a further 15 minutes until the vegetables are easy to pierce with a fork.
10.  Once cooked take the vegetable out of the oven and out of the tray, transferring into a bamix bowl or mixer. Ensure to include the cooked garlic pieces.
11. Whizz (puree & mash) all the ingredients together until smooth.


No steaming required with this recipe, I tried that but found I lost some important flavors which i thought was really sad...
Slow roasting is the way to go with this one, keeps all the flavors in and slightly caramelises the ingredients.... try it, its certainly is delicious.

Enjoy this recipe as a side with steak, tofu or any other protein. It's a great winter warmer using good seasonal ingredients