SWEET POTATO NACHOS

Serves 4, Prep time: 45 mins.

Ingredients:

• 2 large Sweet Potato.
• 1 tbs Maldon Salt.
• 1 tbs Paprika.
• Olive oil.
• 1 Cup Sour Cream (optional)
• Blue Cheese Guacamole (or vegan Guacamole – recipes here)
• Tomato & Pomegranate Salsa (recipe here)

Method:

Sweet Potato:

1. Heat oven to 180C
2. Chop the sweet potato in half and then into eighths (wedge shapes) into a large roasting tray. Sprinkle with the  maldon salt and paprika and drizzle with oil, give it all a good shake so its evenly coated and then place in oven.
3. While the wedges are in the oven prepare the sides.
4. For the tomato salsa follow THIS recipe, and for the guacamole follow THIS recipe (also see below).
5. After 20 minutes turn over the sweet potato. After around 35-40 minutes the wedges should be cooked.
6. Transfer to a plate and top with the sour cream, guacamole and salsa.

Tomato & Pomegranate Salsa:

Ingredients:

• 1 large tomato
• 1 bowl mixed tomatoes (cherry, plum and yellow… I found these ones already mixed at Morrisons.)
• 1 Pomegranate
• 2-3 sprigs coriander
• 1/2 lime
• 1 red jalepeno (6-7 pieces from a jar.)

Method:

1. Dice the large tomato and quarter the bowl of small tomatoes and mix in a large bowl.
2. Half the pomegranate and retrieve the seeds by whacking a large spoon against the non exposed side, mix into the bowl.
3. Dice the jalepeno and chop the coriander into the bowl.
4. Finish off with a good squeeze of 1/2 a lime and a sprinkle of salt and pepper..

Guacamole:

Ingredients:

• 2 very ripe avocados.
• 3-4 sprigs fresh coriander.
• 1 tsp smoked ground paprika
• 1/4 chilli powder (or 1-2 drops tabasco sauce)
• 1/2 lime juice
• 1 Red jalapeno (6-7 pieces from a jar)
• pinch of maldon salt and pepper.

Optional –

1 tbs Sour cream

1 heaped tbs of crumbled Blue cheese (Stilton)

Method:

1. Mash the avocados with a squeeze of half the lime juice to keep it from going brown too quickly.
2. Add the salt and pepper and spices.
3. Dice the red jalapeño and add to the guacamole.
4. Roughly chop coriander and mix into the guacamole.
5. Finish with a sprinkle of paprika to finish it off or mix in the sour cream and blue cheese.