Japanese Sweet Potato (Satsumaimo) Dessert

Ingredients

• 3 Japanese sweet potatoes
• 4 tbsp sugar
• 3 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

• Wash the sweet potatoes and poke holes in them with a fork.
• Place on a tray, wrap with aluminum foil, and bake at 180C (350F) for 60 minutes.
• Scoop the baked sweet potato flesh into a blender. Let it cool, then add the sugar, egg yolks, heavy cream, and vanilla and blend until smooth.
• Spoon the mixture back into the leftover sweet potato skins, dust with a bit more sugar, and brown with a torch or under the broiler for about 3 minutes.

So sweet you can treat it like dessert. From Lennard Yeong on Instagram.