maple-sesame smashed sweet potatoes

• porzioni: 6
• tempo totale: PREP 15 MINUTES COOK 45

Ingredienti

4 medium sweet potatoes, cut into

½-inch-thick rounds

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

Fine pink Himalayan salt

2 tablespoons pure maple syrup

½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

½ to 1 teaspoon ground cayenne

pepper

4 tablespoons (stich, go at room temperature

2 tablespoons toasted son (see Note on page 53)

Flaky sea salt

Fresh mint leaves, for ser (optional)

Istruzioni

1. Preheat the oven to 425°F.

2. On a baking sheet, combine the sweet potatoes, olive oil, and ar pink salt. Toss to coat. Arrange in an even layer. Bake for 20 minute

3. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, stir together the maple yup co and cavenne. Remove the potatoes from the oven and drizzle the m mixture over them. Return to the oven and bake until the potatoes an tender, 15 minutes more.

4. Remove the potatoes from the oven. Using a fork, flip them one gently press down to lightly smash the potatoes, keeping the touri intact. Set the oven to broil, return the potatoes once more, and cot lightly charred, another 5 to 10 minutes.

5. Transfer the potatoes to a serving platter. Generously smarte on top of each potato slice. Sprinkle them with the sesame ed, in and mint (if using). Serve warm.

Note

These potatoes are going to surprise "I you. In fact, the recipe might sound odd to you, but you just have to trust me on it. They're a super-fun way to totally reinvent the average sweet potato. Toss thick slices of baked sweet potato in a sweet, spicy maple mix,

hen give them a smash before broiling

to create rounds that become crispy

in some spots and soft and buttery in

others. Just after the potatoes come out

of the oven, top them with butter and

watch it melt. Just try them—they're what I like to describe as roll-your-eyes- back delicious.