Sweet Potato Souffle

Sweet potato souffle makes a perfect side dish that attracts kids (who don't eat their veggies) and adults of all age. You can rest assured that everyone in your family is getting all the necessary nutrients, as they enjoy the scrumptious souffle recipe that you have concocted. Cook up a holiday special for your family and friends tonight, and add your own creative culinary flavors to the recipes mentioned below.

Old-fashioned Souffle Recipe
Mix sweet potatoes with cheese, and you will get satisfied looks on everyone's face. Can it get any better than this? Keep reading the old-fashioned recipe with melted cheddar cheese on top. And don't worry about counting calories because the recipe has cheese it.

Ingredients

• ¾ lb sweet potatoes, peeled, cut, boiled, and mashed
• 2 tablespoons butter
• Cheddar cheese, crumbled
• 3 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
• 2 tablespoons plain flour
• ½ cup milk
• Dried chili flakes
• 1 tablespoon chives
• 2 eggs, egg white and yolk separated

Take a pan and melt the butter over low heat. Add the flour and stir for a minute. Slowly add milk and keep stirring the mixture. Gradually add the cheese, chili flakes, and chives. As the cheese melts, remove the pan from the heat and add the mashed potatoes in. Don't mix in vigorously, just fold them in. Let the mixture cool slightly and then add the egg yolks in. Take another bowl and beat the egg whites till it stiffs. Add a quarter of beaten egg whites and fold it in the mashed potatoes. You can place the mixture in a glass bowl or small individual ramekins, sprinkle generous amounts of cheese, and put them in a baking dish. Heat the oven till 375ºF and bake for 25 to 30 minutes till it rises and the cheese turns golden.

Potato Souffle with Pecan Topping
Making the souffle with a topping is surprisingly easy and very festive to liven up any party.

Ingredients

• 6 sweet potatoes, peeled, cut, boiled, and mashed
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ cup melted butter
• ½ cup milk
• 1 cup dark brown sugar
• ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
• ⅓ cup melted butter
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• ½ teaspoon salt

Preheat the oven 350ºF and smear butter on a casserole dish. Take a mixing bowl and beat the mashed potatoes till you get a smooth consistency. Reduce the speed to add milk, sugar, butter, vanilla, eggs, and salt. Combine everything properly and pour the mixture in the buttered casserole dish. For the topping, whisk in brown sugar, flour, butter, and pecans. Spread it on the potato mixture and bake it for 40 minutes.

Potato Souffle with Marshmallow Topping
Marshmallow in sweet potato or hot cocoa souffle, no matter which recipe you add them in, they taste amazingly delicious. Give your kids, family, or friends a treat with the next recipe.

Ingredients

• 2 bags sweet potatoes, peeled, cut, boiled, and mashed
• ½ cup softened butter
• 2 cups marshmallow
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• Salt or taste

Preheat the oven 350ºF and prepare 12 ramekins by applying some butter on the inside. Place them on 2 different baking sheets. Take a mixing bowl and beat the mashed potatoes till you get a smooth consistency. Fold in butter, pumpkin spice, eggs, brown sugar, salt, and chopped pecans. Pour the mixture equally in the ramekins and bake it for 30 minutes. Take the baking dishes out and top each souffle with marshmallow topping. If you have a torch, brown the marshmallow or keep it under a broiler till the marshmallow turn brown.

Now that you have three different sweet potato souffle recipes, make them for any special occasions or part of a family dinner. There are many more sweet potato recipes which you can try, whenever you have some time. And once you prepare the dishes, you sure are going to get the applause for being a gourmet chef.