Pungent garlic and herbs round out the mild sweetness. This recipe is for my friend Brian who loves the potato but has never become friends with the sweet potato.  I hope this one helps.  After all, anything with garlic has GOT to be good.  These are sooo good!!

Ingredients:

2 sweet potatoes or one large (1 lb.) (you can mix sweet potato with a golden potato too)
2 sprigs fresh rosemary (rosemary grows on every block in Atlanta)
1 sprig fresh thyme
3 whole garlic cloves, peeled
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup sour cream
1/4 to 1/2 cup milk

Peel and cut each sweet potato into eight pieces. Place in a medium saucepan with herbs, garlic, salt, pepper and 3 cups of water. Add additional water, if needed, to cover sweet potatoes. Bring to a boil, reduce and simmer 15 to 18 minutes or until tender when pierced with a fork. Drain sweet potatoes. Discard rosemary and thyme OR finely chop and save as a garnish to top the potatoes. Transfer sweet potatoes and garlic to a medium bowl and lightly mash with fork. Add butter, sour cream and milk. Using a hand mixer on low speed, mix until well blended and slightly chunky. Adjust seasonings to taste.

Makes 4 servings

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