Sweet potatoes are a great alternative to traditional potatoes, especially around the holidays. Their sweet, nutty flavor and beautiful orange color add a luscious touch to a big spread. Beauregards, the most common variety, made great biscuits, buttery-sweet and fluffy, and were tasty, albeit one-dimensionally sweet, as a plain mash, Beauregard is one of the world’s most popular sweet potatoes.
Beauregard sweet potatoes are large in size with a uniform, oblong to an elliptical shape, slightly tapering to small points on both ends. The long tuber has semi-smooth skin that ranges in color from copper, red-brown, to purple-brown, and is firm with a few shallow divots and markings. Underneath the surface, the dark orange flesh is dense, moist, and fine-grained. When cooked, Beauregard sweet potatoes develop a tender, soft, and creamy consistency with a sweet and slightly nutty flavor.