Description
These savory garlic smashed sweet potatoes are oven-crisped and paired with mouthwatering lemon-garlic aioli.
Ingredients
Scale
For Sweet Potatoes
- 2 medium sweet potatoes
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- 1 Tablespoon quality olive oil
- 1/2 Tablespoon sea salt
- 1/2 Tablespoon black pepper
- chives for garnish
For Aioli
- 3/4 cup quality olive oil
- juice of 2 lemons
- zest of 1 lemon
- 1 clove minced garlic
- 2 egg yolks (or 1/4 cup aquafaba - liquid from canned chickpeas)
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
For sweet potatoes:
- Peel the sweet potatoes and chop them into 3/4" cylinders.
- Heat a large pot of water until boiling.
- Carefully dump the sweet potatoes into the water and allow them to boil for 20-30 minutes, under they are very tender.
- Preheat the oven to 415º and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or oiled aluminum foil.
- Drain the sweet potatoes and allow them to cool for a couple of minutes.
- One at a time, place the sweet potatoes on the baking sheet and use a fork to gently smash them, keeping them mostly intact. You want them to spread out just a little bit because it will allow the edges to crisp.
- When you've smashed all of the potatoes, lightly drizzle oil over each one, sprinkle minced garlic, sea salt, and pepper.
- Place in the oven and bake for 15 minutes, then flip and bake for 15-20 more minutes. The edges with start to brown and look crispy – that's when they're done!
- Remove and allow to cool, garnish with fresh chives and serve with this garlic-lemon aioli for maximum flavor impact.
For aioli, with a blender:
- In a high speed blender, combine garlic, lemon juice, lemon zest, and egg yolks (or aquafaba). Mix on a medium speed until well combined.
- Slowly pour olive oil through the hole in the blender lid. Continue blending until the aioli becomes creamy and slightly fluffy.
If you have an immersion blender:
- Combine garlic, lemon juice, lemon zest, and egg yolks in a bowl, then blend.
- Slowly pour in olive oil while blending on high. Continue blending and moving the blender around until the consistency is creamy and slightly fluffy.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 1 hour 10 mins
- Category: Appetizer