Name: Maple-Pecan Sweet Potato Purée
Yield: 12 portions
Ingredients: 10 medium-size sweet potatoes; 250 ml (1 cup) butter; 250 ml (1 cup) maple syrup (preferably golden syrup for its delicate flavour); 125 ml (1/2 cup) sour cream; 1 bunch chives, finely chopped; 250 ml (1 cup) oven-roasted pecans

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The sugar maple tree has existed in North America for more than 4,500 years.

Maple syrup is made from the sap of sugar maple trees.

Maple products are exported to more than 60 countries around the world.

In 2013, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield ate maple syrup in space

Every spring, the sugaring season lasts for about 20 days.

Quebec produces over 72% of all the maple syrup in the world.

Quebec maple syrup comes from 34 billion maple trees.

In 1536, Jacques Cartier and his crew became the first Europeans to taste maple sap.

In summertime, sugars are created through the process of photosynthesis in the leaves of the sugar maple

Maple syrup producers often work day and night to collect the maple sap and turn it into maple syrup.

The sugar maple and red maple are two tree species with the ability to convert starch to sugar.

Maple sap contains 46 molecules vital to the life of the tree.

Each year, maple forests capture an amount of carbon equivalent to what’s produced by 290,000 cars.

North America has 13 maple tree species, including the sugar maple.

It has to freeze at night and thaw during the day for the maple sap to flow

In about 1676, our ancestors, the First Nations people, were the first to boil maple sap, using iron pots.

Maple syrup from Quebec is pure and 100% natural.

In the sugar shack, the maple syrup producer uses an evaporator to heat maple sap to a temperature of 103.5° C.

It takes an average of 40 litres of maple sap to make one litre of maple syrup.

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Portions

12 portions

Metric Imperial

Ingredients

Preparation

10 medium-size sweet potatoes
1 cup butter
1 cup maple syrup (preferably golden syrup for its delicate flavour)
1/2 cup sour cream
1 bunch chives, finely chopped
1 cup oven-roasted pecans

Preheat the oven to 180 ˚C (350 ˚F).
Using a knife, prick the sweet potatoes. Put on a cookie sheet and bake for 1 hour (or until they are soft). Remove from the oven and let rest for a few minutes.
Peel the sweet potatoes. Put them in a food processor, along with butter, maple syrup and sour cream and mix to obtain the consistency of a puree.
Put the puree in a bowl, add chives, gently mix together, then put the roasted pecans on top and serve.

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