Sweet Potato Dauphine

[Doodad]

I have never made Dauphine, but get the process. But, can it be done with sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving or are they too heavy? I searched but have not found this done.

Thanks.

Edited October 6, 2009 by Doodad (log)

[emilyr]

I don't see why it couldn't be done. It sounds delicious to me! The only problem I could forsee would be the amount of starch in the sweet potato. I don't know how it would compare to a regular potato and you might not have quite the same holding power. Though, I think you can add a bit of cornstarch to the cream to hold it together a bit better.

[Lisa Shock]

It should work just fine. If you have bread flour, you could substitute that for the AP flour in most recipes. The extra gluten will help hold it together.

The issue I see is that cooked sweet potato has more moisture than regular potatoes, so frying will be messier.