My Grandmother's Mashed Sweet Potato with Sweet Chestnuts. Biscuits are a way of life in the South, and every home cook has her favorite version. Here in Virginia, old fashioned sweet potato biscuits date all of the way back to our founding fathers. My Grandmother's Mashed Sweet Potato with Sweet Chestnuts.

I tried to remember the old flavor while making this. Adjust the syrup and salt amounts depending on how sweet the sweet. My Grandmother's Mashed Sweet Potato with Sweet Chestnuts. You can have My Grandmother's Mashed Sweet Potato with Sweet Chestnuts using 4 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of My Grandmother's Mashed Sweet Potato with Sweet Chestnuts

It's 500 grams of Sweet potatoes.
It's 250 grams of Candied chestnuts (Weight of chestnuts).
You need 3/4 cup of Candied chestnut syrup.
It's 1 dash of Salt.

Ever since I was little, I loved my grandmother's Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Sweet Chestnuts. Somehow, I remembered how to make this by eyeballing the ingredients. I tried to remember the old flavor while making this. Adjust the syrup and salt amounts depending on how sweet the sweet.

My Grandmother's Mashed Sweet Potato with Sweet Chestnuts step by step

Peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into 1.5 cm semi-circular shapes. Then put them in water..
Steam the sweet potatoes until soft. When you can easily pierce them with a skewer, they're done..
Mash the steamed potatoes with a masher, then strain until smooth..
Put the strained sweet potato in a pan. Turn on the heat, add the salt and the candied chestnut syrup, and stir over low heat for about 5 minutes..
Turn off the heat, add in the candied chestnuts, and mix well. Once it has chilled, it's ready..

This sweet potato casserole is a big winner in my books! Both the sweet potato mixture and the sweet spelt topping was utterly divine. I did not miss the marshmallow topping, in fact I liked this one better. I cut down the sugar by over half. Boil sweet potatoes until fork tender.