Purple Sweet Potato Latte
This Korean style sweet potato latte gets a natural purple color from purple sweet potatoes. You can use either Okinawan or Molokai varieties for this recipe.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 5 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 large Okinawan or Molokai sweet potato
- 1 tbsp honey or sugar
- 2 cups milk of choice
Instructions
- 1
Make mashed sweet potato: poke holes in your sweet potato with a fork and microwave for 5-6 minutes or until it can be easily pierced. Peel the skin and scoop out the flesh into a blender. You should have about 1 cup of cooked sweet potato.
- 2
Add honey and milk to the blender and blend until no lumps of sweet potato remain.
- 3
Pour blended sweet potato milk into a pot and heat on stovetop until warm. Transfer to two mugs and enjoy. Alternatively, you can pour blended sweet potato milk into a microwave safe mug and microwave until warm. Optional: pour heated latte back into the blender to make frothy before serving in mugs.