Yotam Ottolenghi Sweet Potato Salad

Put the sweet potato in a small saucepan add boiling water just to cover then stir in a teaspoon and a half of salt and cook on medium high heat for 10 12 minutes until soft enough to mash.

Yotam ottolenghi sweet potato salad. 2 sweet potatoes about 850g in total. Yotam ottolenghi is a london chef whose books plenty and jerusalem have been two of the most popular and critically acclaimed cookbooks of the last decade his style of cooking which shows influences of his israeli childhood german mother italian father london culinary training and palestinian business partner whew is both global and completely rooted in seasonal ingredients. It s this book. Roast for 20 25 minutes.

His 2011 cookbook plenty was a new york times bestseller. A highbrow alternative to the common potato with mayonnaise. Sweet potato salad recipe with pecan and maple september 8 2010 by sarah trivuncic it was spring when i first made this ottolenghi sweet potato salad recipe yet it comes into its own for autumn. In a large bowl combine the sweet potatoes with three tablespoons of oil the allspice the remaining two teaspoons of sugar half a teaspoon of salt and plenty of pepper.

Transfer to a large 40cm x 30cm oven tray lined with baking paper and make sure the sweet potato chunks are spaced apart. Peel the sweet potatoes and cut roughly into 2cm dice. Roasted sweet potato with pecan and maple print recipe. Start with the sweet potatoes.

Spread on an oven tray lined with greaseproof paper drizzle with half the oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Yotam ottolenghi owns an eponymous group of restaurants with four branches in london plus a high end restaurant nopi also in london. 65g unsalted butter 150g soft white bread about 3 4 slices crusts removed and. I d like to thank yotam ottolenghi for his cookbook called plenty.

Prep 15 min cook 25 min serves 4 as a side. Heat the oven to 220c 425f gas mark 7. 2 pounds sweet potatoes peeled cubed and steamed until soft 2 teaspoons soy sauce 3 4 cup all purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 2 teaspoon sugar 3 tablespoons scallions chopped 1 tablespoon red bell pepper minced butter for frying. Try it as a side dish at your christmas table or as an original picnic salad.