Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Banana and Brown Sugar

Ingredients

• 1  banana with a 2-inch slit cut into the peel
• 0.3 cup brown sugar light packed
• 1  cinnamon sticks 
• 1 teaspoon pepper fresh black as needed finely
• 2 cups cup heavy whipping cream 
• 3 tablespoons kosher salt as needed
• 4 ounces butter unsalted
• 8 large sweet potatoes and into 

Equipment

• bowl
• knife
• baking pan
• roasting pan
• potato masher
• aluminum foil

Directions

1. Wash each of the potatoes well, poke holes into them with a fork, rub each with about 1 teaspoon of salt, and wrap with heavy-duty aluminum foil.
2. Place directly on hot coals and cook for about 20 minutes, or cook in a 350°F barbecue for about 50 minutes, or until tender when pierced with a paring knife. At the same time, cook the banana in the peel until blackened, about 15 minutes.
3. Carefully take the potatoes out of the foil and scoop the flesh out from the skin into a large bowl. Cover with foil. Scoop the flesh out of the banana into a separate bowl.
4. Increase temperature to high.
5. Place a small roasting pan or deep baking dish with high sides that can take the direct flame (a 13 x 9-inch baking dish with a 15-cup capacity is ideal) over the heat and let heat up for 5 minutes.
6. Add the butter and let melt.
7. Add the cream, cinnamon stick, brown sugar, potatoes, banana, 1 teaspoon of salt, and 1 teaspoon of pepper. Using a potato masher, mash the potatoes and banana, and stir to combine.
8. Season to taste with additional salt and pepper as needed.
9. Reprinted with permission from Serious Barbecue: Smoke, Char, Baste, &
10. Brush Your Way to Great Outdoor Cooking by Adam Perry Lang with JJ Goode and Amy Vogler, © 2009 Hyperion