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bbq sweet potatoes mashed
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Maple Sweet Potatoes

Scale this recipe up or down as required.  If you are serving this as part of a picnic or BBQ buffet, people might eat a bit less.
Course: Sides
Cuisine: American, Mexican
Servings: 1 person

Ingredients

  • 1 medium sweet potato peeled and cut into a large dice
  • 10 grams garlic butter Lurpak
  • 1 teaspoon maple syrup or more to taste
  • 1 pinch Maldon Sea Salt

Instructions

  • Light the BBQ.
  • Set out a sheet of aluminium foil.
  • Place the sweet potatoes in the foil and add butter.
    bbq sweet potatoes lurpak
  • Wrap up so that there is room for the air around the sweet potatoes.
    bbq sweet potatoes foil
  • BBQ until cooked through, a bit brown but not charred. (See Tip)
  • Open the packet and test with a tip of a knife.
    maple syrup sweet potatoes
  • Tip the sweet potatoes and butter into a ramekin or serving dish.
  • Stir in the maple syrup and salt to taste.
    mashed sweet potatoes

Notes

Tip: Low heat is what you want here. Either use the top shelf or a cooler part of the BBQ. They will take 20-30 minutes to soften but that leaves plenty of time to BBQ everything else you have planned.