Best Sweet Potato Risotto With Pecans Recipes

SWEET POTATO RISOTTO

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion, ½ teaspoon salt, and ¼ teaspoon pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Add the sweet potatoes and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, for 1 minute.
• Add the rice and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the wine and cook, stirring frequently, until absorbed.
• Measure 3½ cups of water. Add ¾ cup at a time and cook, stirring occasionally and waiting until each addition is absorbed before adding the next. It should take 25 to 30 minutes for all the water to be absorbed.
• Stir in the Parmesan and oregano.

SWEET POTATO AND PECAN RISOTTO

Steps:

• Heat vegetable broth to the boiling point; reduce heat to the lowest setting to keep hot.
• In a medium saucepan, melt butter; add minced shallot and pecans; cook until shallot is tender.
• Add rice and cook, stirring, until well blended.
• Stir in sweet potato and about 3/4 cup of the hot broth into the rice mixture.
• Cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until liquid is absorbed.
• Continue adding liquid, 1/3 cup at a time, stirring frequently, until the rice and sweet potato are tender; do not over cook, the texture should be creamy a little loose, approximately 25 minutes (amount of broth added will be between 2 1/2 and 3 cups).
• Stir in Parmesan cheese and green onion or parsley.
• Taste test and add salt and freshly ground black pepper as required.

SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE WITH PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Cover sweet potatoes with water in a large pot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and transfer potatoes to a large bowl.
• Mash potatoes with white sugar, milk, eggs, salt, vanilla extract, and cinnamon. Spread mixture in prepared baking dish.
• Mix brown sugar, pecans, and flour in another bowl. Pour margarine over pecan mixture; toss until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over potato mixture.
• Bake in preheated oven until pecan topping is hard, about 1 hour.

MOM'S SWEET POTATO BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, beat the sweet potatoes, sugar, eggs, milk, butter, salt and vanilla until smooth. Transfer to a greased 2-qt. baking dish. , In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, pecans and flour; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over sweet potato mixture. Bake, uncovered, until a thermometer reads 160°, 45-50 minutes.