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I changed this a bit from Le Commensal's recipe on Oct 21, 2006. Found a wonderful garlic sauce recipe at http://www.garlic-central.com/
and used that in place of the tamari based sauce. The recipe has been changed in taste because of this.
SERVES 6
1/3 cup buckwheat groats
2 cups water
2 lbs sweet potatoes
1 tablespoon butter (optional)
Sauce
1 1/2 ounces butter
1 onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 glass dry white wine
salt & fresh ground pepper, to taste
1 ounce flour
1/2 pint milk
1. Notes: I used very sweet local potatoes. These were so sweet they wouldn't need sugar on them. The onion was a strong
local grown onion also.
2. Also note it will work with Couscous if you don't have groats or a mix of couscous and groats.
3. Kasha:.
4. Thoroughly rinse the groats and discard water. In a medium saucepan, bring required water to a boil. Add rinsed
groats. Cover.
5. Reduce heat to low and cook groats for 10 minutes or until the water is absorbed and the groats are fluffy.
6. Sweet-Potato Puree:.
7. Cut sweet potatoes in halves and bake at 400 degrees for 50 minutes, or cut in chunks and boil for 30 - 40 minutes,
or microwave chunks for about 7 minutes.
8. Remove skins and discard. Mash the Sweet Potatoes.
9. White Sauce:.
10. Melt 1/2 oz adding the chopped onions and cook gently until soft and golden then add the garlic and continue to
cook for about a minute. Salt and pepper to taste.
11. Add the wine, turn up the heat and reduce the volume by about half. Remove from heat.
12. In another pan melt the remaining 1 oz butter. Add the flour, stir and cook for about five minutes.
13. Add the milk. Take it slow. Add just a little milk, stir well, then a little more. At first the result will look
like a pastry. After a little more milk it will resemble an elastic dough. Beat this smooth. Then as you add the rest of the
milk a little at a time keep stirring. You'll end up with a nice thick sauce.
14. Mix in the onion and garlic and you're done.
15. If things go horribly wrong and the garlic sauce is lumpy - Toss it in the food processer for a few seconds. As
Julia Child says "You are the only one in the kitchen".
16. To serve: spoon kasha into a serving dish; drizzle with garlic sauce. Top with sweet potato mixture.
17. Serve hot.
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