Recipe: Wasabi Mashed Purple Yam
30 Jan
In my last post, I shared a recipe for braising pork with red wine. This time, I’ll share what I did for the purple stuff beneath the pork chops. Purple yams (also known as ube), are often used in the Philippines dessert called Halo Halo, and have a beautiful lavender color that makes your plate so aesthetically pleasing! I once made sweet potato chips by baking thin slices of them, and they were perfect.
As I was mashing up the yams, I thought adding a hint of heat would make it much more interesting. Instead of turning to my usual squirt of Sriracha sauce, I wanted something a bit more discreet. I added wasabi from a tube. The flavor was sweet, followed by subtle kick in the end that made my taste buds go “what was that?”
