Savory Sweet Potato Casserole with Garlic Rosemary Pecans
Savory sweet potato casserole with garlic rosemary pecans. A delicious vegan holiday side dish. In this casserole, mashed buttery sweet potatoes are served with a mixture of chopped pecans, garlic, fresh rosemary and nutritional yeast. It’s packed with flavor thanks to the pecan topping and made with just a few ingredients.
This recipe was originally posted in 2017 and has been updated with new photography and extra details. The recipe remains the same!
If you’re looking for a non-traditional way to serve sweet potatoes this holiday season, look no further. In this recipe, we’re serving mashed sweet potatoes with a delicious and flavorful pecan topping. The pecan topping is simply made from chopped pecans tossed with fresh rosemary, garlic, nutritional yeast, salt and oil.
What you need: Sweet potatoes, pecans, fresh rosemary, garlic, nutritional yeast, salt, olive oil, vegan butter and plant-based milk of choice.
As you can see, this recipe is vegan and gluten-free! It’s a great side dish for all eaters.
Notes on the Recipe:
This recipe is best served fresh. Once reheated, the pecans will lose their crunch, but the casserole will taste the same.
Feel free to adjust the amount of salt, vegan butter and plant-based milk in the sweet potatoes. Prepare them to your taste.
I tested this recipe with plain unsweetened soy milk. You can use your favorite plain and unsweetened plant-based milk. Almond, oat and cashew milk would work well. Avoid plant-based milks with a strong and sweet flavor, such as coconut milk.
Don’t have any pecans? Try making this recipe with chopped walnuts! Almonds could work well too.
Savory Sweet Potato Casserole with Garlic Rosemary Pecans
Savory sweet potato casserole with garlic rosemary pecans. A delicious vegan holiday side dish. In this casserole, mashed buttery sweet potatoes are served with a mixture of chopped pecans, garlic, fresh rosemary and nutritional yeast. It's packed with flavor thanks to the pecan topping and made with just a few ingredients.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine vegan, vegetarian
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 35 minutesminutes
Servings 8people
Ingredients
For the Sweet Potato Mash
3largesweet potatoes (about 8 cups),peeled and chopped into 1-inch chunks
1/4cupvegan butter,or more to taste
1/4cupplant-based milk of choice(see notes)
1/4teaspoonfine grain sea salt,or more to taste
For the Garlic Rosemary Pecans
1cuppecans,roughly chopped
1largegarlic clove,finely grated
1tablespoonfresh rosemary,finely chopped
1tablespoonnutritional yeast
1tablespoonolive oil
1/4teaspoonfine grain sea salt
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Lightly grease a 9"x9" dish with vegan butter or olive oil.
Place the sweet potatoes in a large pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to medium-high. Cook until fork-tender, approximately 15 minutes. Drain and transfer back to the pot.
Add the vegan butter, plant-based milk and salt to the sweet potatoes. Mash until creamy. Transfer to the prepared dish.
Prepare the garlic rosemary pecans: In a small bowl, stir together your chopped pecans, garlic, rosemary, salt, oil and nutritional yeast.
Spread evenly on top of the sweet potatoes. Bake uncovered for 15 minutes. Serve immediately or let it cool completely before storing it in the fridge, covered for up to 4 days.
Notes
This recipe is best served fresh. It will still taste the same once reheated, but the pecans will lose their crunch.You can use your favorite plant-based milk, but make sure to use plain and unsweetened. Avoid using flavored or overly sweet plant-based milks, such as coconut milk. Plain and unsweetened oat, soy, cashew and almond milk will all work well. If you don’t have pecans, you could try this recipe with chopped walnuts or almonds.
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