Ingredients Pasta + Noodles Pasta Sauce Marinara sauce Sweet Potato and Tomato Sauce 3.0 (5,563) Add your rating & review Sweet potatoes make an excellent addition to tomato sauce — they are sweet and creamy and balance acidic tomatoes perfectly. By Kay Chun Kay Chun Test Kitchen Senior Editor. Food & Wine's Editorial Guidelines Updated on January 9, 2017 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: © Chris Court Total Time: 30 mins Yield: 3 cups Ingredients 1 large sweet potato (1 pound), peeled and cut into 2-inch pieces 1 large tomato (8 ounces), chopped 1/2 cup water 1/4 cup heavy cream 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil Kosher salt Freshly ground pepper Directions In a large saucepan, cover the potato with enough water to cover by 2 inches. Boil until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and transfer the potato to a blender. Add the tomato, water, cream and olive oil and puree until smooth. Season with salt and pepper and serve hot. Make Ahead The sauce can be refrigerated for 1 week or frozen for 1 month. Rate it Print