Crown Block’s Executive Chef John Pineda shares his maple miso sweet potato recipe for Thanksgiving

Okay, we walk over to the kitchen and Brandon goes, Are those pies real? Because they look perfect. And that's how Crown Block seems to do things. Everything always looks so beautiful. You got the view, you got the food. We have executive chef John Pineda in here. Thank you so much for being here. Appreciate it. You guys know how to do it upright, I tell you. Yeah, every time. I mean, our pastry chefs like to throw a feast every time we do this themed event. And you're serving up a Brandon Todd favorite, which is an all-you-can-eat buffet. Oh, definitely. So this year, we will be opening for Thanksgiving for the first time. And... We'll be throwing a feast with your classic Thanksgiving meal alongside with classic sides and pies and of course our signature Crown Block seafood and sushi. I can't imagine a buffet up there in the bowl. This is like such an exciting event for Thanksgiving. What are you cooking up today? So today we're just going to show one of the sides that we're going to serve. It's our miso glazed sweet potato. Okay. So first thing is we're going to toast our cardamom. Cardamom? What is that? Just like nuts? Pine nuts? So it's a spice. Oh, it's a spice. It has that nice fall flavor to it. So you just toast it until it's nice and aromatic. Okay. And then the main components is fresh-pressed apple cider. You'll see it sizzle once you put it in. Oh, yeah. Two cups of it. You guys take all the flavors of fall and just perfect it. Definitely. And then, of course, 100% maple syrup. Two cups as well. The best. This is going to go with the sweet. This is going well so far. Okay. Apple cider. So that's. Yeah. So just let that boil. Okay. And then the last secret is white miso paste. White miso usually does not go on this, but we like to put special touches on things. This gives extra umami and all that good stuff with it. Ooh, I like this. Yeah, you guys seem to make things that I just could not do in my kitchen, which is nice. Yeah, so we're just going to let this boil until it's nice and incorporated. Okay, and then what happens? And then... For TV time. TV time. We got magic here. So once this is boiled, we have our sweet potatoes over here. These are Japanese sweet potatoes. We're going to peel them. Yeah. And then you have something underneath here. This is what it will look like when it's peeled. Then we're going to brace that with the liquid. Okay. All right. So. See, this is stuff I can't do in my kitchen. Once it's finished, we have this guy right here. So it looks like a classic yams, but with the creme block touches, right? To finish it, we're just going to get a hot pan, get a nice sizzle into it. You guys are also doing prime ribs, Cajun fried turkey, roasted turkey, green bean casserole, cornbread dressing, mac and cheese, these sweet potatoes as well. There are extras including sushi, oysters, shrimp cocktail. Plenty of desserts as well. So there is going to be so much there. I'm looking at the pies, is this an apple pie? Looks like pecan. Is this like a cream? So it's a cream cheese swirl pumpkin pie. And then underneath over there, we have our sweet potato pie as well. We will be presenting two different kinds of turkey that day. We'll have a Cajun fried turkey, which is this one, and we'll also do a classic roasted turkey. Make a reservation now. That's the best advice. We've got the recipe. We've got the details. Crown Block at the beautiful Reunion Tower. Details on our website, fox4news.com. We'll be right back. Sounds good, okay guys.