Japanese Purple Yam Pastry

Ingredients

1 Japanese Purple Yam 🍠
3 tbsp @hungarybeeshoney
1/2 cup of Coconut Milk (Thick cream) 🥥
2 tbsp of Vegan butter 🧈
Puff Pastry Sheets (of your choice)
1 tbsp of Vanilla Extract

Instructions

1. Peel Japanese purple yams and cut them into coin size circles.

2. In a pot, boil the yams on medium-high heat for 30 minutes or until the yams are soft. Check by using a fork and poking at the yams.

3. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.

4. Strain the Japanese purple yam and let it cool down for 15 mins.

5. In a mixing bowl add your purple yams and give them a good mash.

6. Add your 2 tbsp Vegan butter or butter of choice and give it a good mash till the butter disappears.

7. Mix 1/2 cup of coconut milk into your mixing bowl and continue to mash.

8. You should see that now the purple yams have gone from a dark purple into a light pastel lavender color. The texture also has changed into a smooth consistency.

9. Now add the rest of your ingredients into the mixing bowl. 3 tbsp of Hungary Bees Wild Acacia Honey and 1 tbsp of Vanilla extract.

10. Mash and mix for 60 seconds into consistency is buttery smooth.

11. Fill into your puff pastry and bake for 17 minutes.

Tip: Used an egg wash 10 minutes into baking and brush onto your pastry for beautiful golden flakes in each bite.

12. Enjoy!