Cooking with Beer: Drunken Sweet Potatoes

Ask this Brewette to bring a side dish to Thanksgiving dinner, you are going to end up with something cooked in beer.  The assumption that every brewer is a great cook goes right out the window with me.  My kind of cooking consists of one of three things: frozen pizza, microwave enchiladas, or crockpot chicken.  Faced with the challenge of making a side dish of sweet potatoes, I went to my nearest beer fridge.  I pulled out one of my brews, PBP (Peanut Butter Porter), took a sip, and was instantly inspired.

Drunken Sweet Potatoes
serves 8

* 4 sweet potatoes
* 22 oz of dark beer (I recommend H2 Brewing's PBP)
* Cinnamon, Nutmeg, and Allspice
* Butter

1.  Open 22oz beer and drink.
2.  Start pealing and cutting four medium sweet potatoes
3.  Have another sip of beer
4.  Bring to boil 32 oz of water with 16 oz of beer.  Put in sweet potatoes.
5.  Let sweet potatoes cook for 30 minutes until soft.
6.  Drain potatoes and mash in a mixing bowl.  Add a smidge of butter, the rest of the beer, a pinch of salt, and some cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice to taste.  You might want to add a bit of brown sugar if you like a little more sweetness.
7.  Put mash into an oven safe dish and reheat at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes.
8.  Serve with a full pint of beer and enjoy.

Spice up your Turkey Day spread with a dish that will entice the beer lover in all of us.