sweet potato bake + recipe

Having received multiple requests for the Sweet Potato Bake recipe from yesterday’s blog, I am including this below.

Sweet Potato Bake 2tbsp olive oil 750g sweet potato, peeled, cubed 2 small leeks, sliced 1 cup mixed nuts, chopped 1 ½ cups fresh breadcrumbs 2 tsp ground coriander ¼ cup coriander leaves, chopped 1 egg ¼ cup soy sauce 1 tbsp sesame seeds Salt & pepper

·         Stir fry sweet potato in oil 5 mins.  Add leeks and cook 5 mins until tender.  Transfer veg to bowl. ·         Add nuts, breadcrumbs, coriander (ground & fresh), egg, soy, salt & pepper and mix ·         Press into greased & lined loaf pan.  Sprinkle with sesame seeds and embed them. ·         Roast @200C for 35-40 mins.  Stand in pan for 10 mins, then lift out and slice.

Where recipes come from

I find recipes in various places.  I found this recipe a few years ago when flicking through a magazine at Cooby’s place (my sister).  I confess I am one of those people who will guiltily rip a page out of one of the mags in the doctor’s waiting room – that’s if someone else hasn’t beaten me to it.  I also get ideas from shows on telly, and very occasionally I will actually consult a recipe book!  Sometimes in restaurants and cafes, I write down recipes on the serviette made up from what I can taste and see in the dish.  

Facts

• Sweet potatoes are not actually potatoes – not even a distant cousin.  Potatoes are tubers, whereas Sweet Potatoes are roots
• Sweet potatoes were a favourite food of the dinosaurs
• Sweet potatoes can be baked, boiled, stuffed, steamed, stir-fried, microwaved, or eaten raw.  They are versatile and can be used in stews, soups, salads, baked dishes, breads, pies, custards, cakes.

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Now eat up!