Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes: Sweet Potato Casserole
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Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes: Sweet Potato Casserole
Description
Whole sweet potatoes are poked and roasted at a high temperature until tender. Their flesh is scooped out and blended with almond milk, olive oil, ground ginger, salt, and black pepper to create a creamy base. The crumble topping combines rolled oats, pecans, walnuts, minced garlic, maple syrup, olive oil, thyme, rosemary, salt, and pepper, pulsed in a food processor until just combined. The mashed sweet potato mixture is spread in an oiled baking dish and topped with the crumble along with additional nuts and fresh sage leaves.
Baking completes the casserole, browning the topping to a crisp texture that contrasts the soft mashed sweet potatoes beneath. The dish balances sweet, earthy, and herbaceous notes, making it suitable as a main or side dish for a vegan Thanksgiving meal or fall-inspired occasion.
Ingredients
- 5 sweet potato large
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil more for drizzling
- 1 1/4 cup almond milk more if necessary
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon salt sea salt
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- ½ cup sage fresh leaves
Crumble Topping
- ⅓ cup rolled oats whole
- ¼ cup pecans more for garnish
- ¼ cup walnuts more for garnish
- ½ garlic clove
- 2 teaspoons maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon thyme dried leaves
- ¼ teaspoon rosemary minced fresh
- 1 teaspoon salt sea salt
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F. Line a baking sheet with foil and brush an 8x11-inch baking dish, or similar, with olive oil.
- Use a fork to poke a few holes into the sweet potatoes. Place on the baking sheet and roast until very tender, about 60 minutes.
- Make the crumble topping: In a food processor, place the oats, pecans, walnuts, garlic, maple syrup, olive oil, thyme, rosemary, and salt and pulse until just combined. Remove and set aside.
- Scoop the cooked sweet potato flesh out of the skins and place in a food processor. Add the olive oil, almond milk, ginger, salt, and several grinds of pepper and process to combine. Spread the mixture into the baking dish.
- Sprinkle with the crumble topping, additional nuts, and sage. Drizzle with olive oil and bake 20 minutes or until the topping is browned and crisp.
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