Ingredients:
- 3-4 medium sized yams or sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped
- 3-4 medium sized parsnips, peeled and chopped
- 1 inch ginger peeled and finely diced thin
- 4 tbsp coconut butter
- 1 lb cooked bacon, finely chopped or crumbled
Recipe:
First start by peeling and slicing the parsnips in to approximately 1 inch cubes. While you’re slicing the parsnips, save about a half parsnip to the side, not to be added to the mash pot. Put the parsnips in a large pot to boil. With the parsnips in the pot, pour water in until it is just covering the sliced parsnips, and turn on the heat to high. While this is heating up, peel and slice the sweet potatoes.
Add them to the pot, and top off the water, so that it is again just covering the sweet potatoes. Now dice the ginger, and add to the pot. As soon as the pot begins to boil, turn the heat down to a simmer. Let simmer for at least 40 minutes, stirring occasionally. Now add that last half parsnip, chopped finely, to a small simmering pot and add water until it’s just covering the parsnips, like in the other pot. This pot should be on low heat, and stirred occasionally.



Once the sweet potatoes are falling apart, begin stirring more often, and vigorously. This should start around 25 minutes in to the simmering, and just before you should start the bacon. Allow to boil down for another 20 minutes, stirring regularly and vigorously, to a thick mash of a similar consistency to your desired end result. 40 minutes of cook time for a thinner mash, and up to 50 minutes for a thicker mash. Remember, it is hot now, so it will thicken more as it cools.


- 3-4 medium sized yams or sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped
- 3-4 medium sized parsnips, peeled and chopped
- 1 inch ginger peeled and finely diced thin
- 4 tbsp coconut butter
- 1 lb cooked bacon, finely chopped or crumbled
- Peel and slice the parsnips to 1 inch cubes.
- While your'e slicing the parsnips, save about a half parsnip to the side, not to be added to the mash pot.
- Put the parsnips in a large pot to boil (you'll be adding the sweet potatoes to this same pot): with the parsnips in the pot, pour water in until it is just covering the sliced parsnips, and turn on the heat to high.
- While the parsnips are heating up, peel and slice the sweet potatoes.
- Add them to the same pot, and top off the water, so that it is again just covering the sweet potatoes.
- Dice the ginger, and add to the pot.
- As soon as the pot begins to boil, turn the heat down to a simmer. Let simmer for at least 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- After 30 minutes of cook time, chop the bacon in to ½ inch pieces, or slightly smaller and cook on medium-low head in a large pan, covered.
- After 40 minutes cook time start cooking that last half parsnip in another pot, chopped finely. Cook on low heat, stir occasionally.
- Once the sweet potatoes are falling apart in the pot, begin stirring more often, and vigorously.
- After at least 60 minutes of cook time (up to 40 more minutes for a thicker mash) turn the heat off and add two tablespoons coconut butter.
- Mash by hand right in the pan.
- Once you're done mashing, add the last pot of parsnips and the coconut butter, and stir the mix up.
- Add the final mixture to your serving bowl and spread the bacon on top.
If you like a thicker mash, you can boil it down more after it has been pureed (or after the sweet potato really starts falling apart in the pan, as I do it). This can be done for another 20-40 minutes, depending on how thick you would like your mash to be.
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such a genius recipe!! i used white sweet potatoes and apples in the puree and it came out great!
O! M! G! What a freakin’ awesome idea!! I love it!!!!