Baked Sweet Potatoes with Maple Crème Fraîche

Name: Baked Sweet Potatoes with Maple Crème Fraîche
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp maple syrup or honey; ½ tsp lime zest; 4 sweet potatoes (each 7 oz [200 g]), preferably a yellow-fleshed variety such as Garnet or Jewel; 2 Tbsp thinly sliced scallions, both green and white parts; 2 Tbsp roasted peanuts; 2 Tbsp unsalted butter, at room temperature; 2 tsp fish sauce (optional); 1 Tbsp fresh lime juice; 1 tsp red chilli flakes, such as Aleppo, Maras, or Urfa; Fine sea salt; ½ tsp ground black pepper; ½ cup [120 g] crème fraîche or sour cream

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Flavor Equation

By Nik Sharma

Published 2020

About

We all adore certain pantry staples. Kefir and crème fraîche are two of my favorites. I’ve been testing new ways to improve on roasting sweet potatoes in the oven, and I found that a combination of steaming and roasting works great for a dish like this for both the texture and the extra set of aroma molecules that comes through. The first step, partial steaming, keeps the moisture inside the sweet potato while cooking, and the second step, uncovered roasting, helps create a robust flavor pr