Roasted Sweet Potatoes & Fresh Figs

Name: Roasted Sweet Potatoes & Fresh Figs
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 Tbsps 40 ml balsamic vinegar (you can use a commercial rather than a premium aged grade); 6 ripe figs (8 1/2 oz / 240 g in total), quartered; 142 grams 150 g soft goats milk cheese (optional); 12 green onions, halved lengthwise and cut into 1 1/2-in / 4cm segments; 5 Tbsps olive oil; 1 red chile, thinly sliced; 4 servings Maldon sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 Tbsps 20 g superfine sugar; 4 smalls sweet potatoes (2 1/4 lb / 1 kg in total)

You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Roasted Sweet Potatoes & Fresh Figs a try. This recipe makes 4 servings with 390 calories, 5g of protein, and 19g of fat each. This recipe covers 20% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up green onions, sweet potatoes, g goat's milk cheese, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 475°F / 240°C.

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Wash the sweet potatoes, halve them lengthwise, and then cut each half again similarly into 3 long wedges.

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Sweet Potato

Mix with 3 tablespoons of the olive oil, 2 teaspoons salt, and some black pepper.

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Black Pepper

Olive Oil

Salt

Spread the wedges out, skin side down, on a baking sheet and cook for about 25 minutes, until soft but not mushy.

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Spread

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Remove from the oven and leave to cool down.

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To make the balsamic reduction, place the balsamic vinegar and sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, then decrease the heat and simmer for 2 to 4 minutes, until it thickens. Be sure to remove the pan from the heat when the vinegar is still runnier than honey; it will continue to thicken as it cools. Stir in a drop of water before serving if it does become too thick to drizzle.

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Balsamic Vinegar

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Honey

Sugar

Water

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Arrange the sweet potatoes on a serving platter.

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Sweet Potato

Heat the remaining oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat and add the green onions and chile. Fry for 4 to 5 minutes, stirring often to make sure not to burn the chile. Spoon the oil, onions, and chile over the sweet potatoes. Dot the figs among the wedges and then drizzle over the balsamic reduction.

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Sweet Potato

Green Onions

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Onion

Chili Pepper

Figs

Cooking Oil

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Serve at room temperature. Crumble the cheese over the top, if using.

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Cheese

Yotam Ottolenghi owns an eponymous group of restaurants with four branches in London, plus a high-end restaurant, Nopi, also in London. His 2011 cookbook, Plenty, was a New York Times bestseller. Sami Tamimi is a partner and head chef at Ottolenghi and coauthor of Ottolenghi: The Cookbook.