Gluten-Free Buttery Cassava Sweet Potato Mash

cassava sweet potato

Buttery Cassava Sweet Potato mash is the perfect marriage between Cassava from the Caribbean and Sweet Potato in the United States. This buttery blend is the ideal side dish and will melt in your mouth leaving you wanting more. 

Not all sweet potatoes are created equal. To learn more about the history and nutritive value of sweet potatoes, check out my Jamaican Sweet Potato Pudding recipe blog. 

Let’s Talk Cassava

One of my favorite side dishes is cassava; I make them frequently.  This exotic starchy root vegetable is very popular in the Caribbean. Furthermore, they have been prepared in a variety of ways.

What is Cassava?

Cassava is a root vegetable, also known as a root tuber. In the United States, they are commonly known as Yuca, but in some areas, they are also known as arrowroot. 
Furthermore, the root tuber can be found in a variety of different forms on the market: cassava flour, cassava cake, and cassava chips (my favorite). 

cassavaMore importantly, cassava is gluten-free and is ideal for those who follow a gluten-free diet.

Do Not Eat Cassava Raw

Cassava must be cooked. In Jamaica, cassava is used to make Bammy a type of cassava cake. I used to sit and watch my mother make bammy as a child.

The most crucial step in this recipe is to grate the cassava and extract and discard the juice. This step was said to be critical for avoiding “poisoning.”

There are two kinds of cassava, according to what I’ve heard. The “bitter cassava” should be handled with care because it is potentially dangerous. Don’t worry, the ones sold in the stores are safe to eat when cooked.

When eaten raw or in large quantities, the root vegetable can be harmful to your health because it contains cyanogenic glycosides.

In addition, this chemical has the potential to release cyanide in your body, which can impair the function of your nerves and thyroid.

Cooking Cassava is a delicious way to consume it. Furthermore, their waxy-nutty texture lends itself well to this buttery cassava sweet potato mash recipe.

Buttery Cassava Sweet Potato Mash

Here are all the ingredients You Will Need.

cassava sweet potato

Buttery Cassava Sweet Potato Mash.

Kevin Foodie
This simple easy creamy root vegetable mash is a great side order to any meal. My Fried Pollock Fish with Creamy Mushroom Sauce was a perfect pair for a great meal.
5 from 13 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American, Caribbean
Servings 6 People

Equipment

  • Saucepan
  • Whisk
  • Spoon
  • Cutting Board
  • Knife
  • Strainer

Ingredients
  

  • cups Cubed Cassava
  • 2 cups Canned Sweet Potato in light syrup
  • 3 tbsp Unsalted Butter
  • ½ cup 2 % Milk
  • 1 tsp. Salt

Instructions
 

  • Peel Cassava and cut them into about 3 inches pieces. Remember to remove the fibrous center vein.
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  • In the saucepan, bring to boil 3 cups of water. Add pieces of cassava to boiling water and cook until tender
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  • Strain liquid from cooked cassava using a colander or strainer.
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  • Add cooked cassava to a mixing bowl; add butter and salt.
    cassava and butter
  • Mash cassava and butter together with the food masher or whisk.
    mashed cassava
  • Open the can of sweet potato, drain the light syrup and empty the contents into a bowl.
    sweet potato from can
  • Combine the sweet potato with mashed sweet potato.
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  • Add the milk and use the whisk to further mash the sweet potato into the cassava mixture until uniform.
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  • This recipe serves about 6 people. Serve warm with your favorite protein item. I served this mashed potato with my delicious pollock fish in creamy mushroom sauce.
Keyword Cassava, Sweet Potato

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39 thoughts on “Gluten-Free Buttery Cassava Sweet Potato Mash”

  1. This looks amazing. I have seen Yuca in the store but was always afraid to buy it because I didn’t know how to use it. Now I will have to buy some so I can try this.

  2. 5 stars
    Great minds think alike! I just used cassava for the first time myself by making them into fries. I love the inherent flavor that this ingredient already has. Your take is super unique and is definitely a hybrid of something like West African fufu and a more Western dish. Very nice.

  3. I’ve always wanted another way to use cassava other than our traditional Filipino cassava cake. Thank you for sharing this recipe, I’ll definitely use it to add more variety to my kid’s meals.

  4. 5 stars
    Wow now this is an enlightening one for me. Definitely going to give this a shot as I’ve been looking for gluten free starch alternatives for our meals lately

  5. 5 stars
    This recipe made me hungry again and I just ate! This sounds & looks so good. I found the info about cassava really interesting! I didn’t know it could cause poisoning if consumed raw. Thank you for pointing that out for us!

  6. 5 stars
    Oh this looks like a MUCH tastier way of eating cassava than the bammy we had growing up- never much liked bammy, too plain for my taste. But this cassava sweet potato mash, now THAT I could devour!

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