Levi Roots' sweet potatoes with spicy sausage recipe
- 2 Large sweet potatoes, about 300-350g each
- 40 g (1.4oz) Butter
- 2 Spicy pork sausages, chopped into 2cm chunks
- 0.5 Small onion, finely chopped
- 1 Red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
- 30 g (1.1oz) Cheddar cheese, grated
- 1.5 tbsp Fresh coriander, roughly chopped (optional)
- 1 pinch Salt and black pepper
- 2 Small eggs
- 1 pinch Cayenne pepper, to garnish
- Preheat the oven to 180C (fan)/200C/gas mark 6.
- Wash the sweet potatoes, then set them directly on the oven shelf or in a small roasting tin and bake for about 50 minutes until tender right through the centre - test by inserting a sharp pointed knife.
- While the potatoes are cooking, heat 25g (1oz) of the butter in a frying pan until foaming.
- Add the sausage and onion and cook over a medium heat, stirring occasionally, for about 8 minutes until the onion is soft and golden and the sausage is cooked through.
- Add the chilli and cook, stirring, for another minute.
- When the potatoes are tender, halve them lengthways without cutting all the way through the skin, so that the potato halves are `hinged' together.
- Carefully scoop out the flesh, leaving a thick layer intact so that the skins do not collapse, and mash the flesh in a bowl.
- Mix the fried onion and sausage, Cheddar, coriander (if using) and salt and pepper into the sweet potato mash.
- Pile the mash back into the potato halves.
- Make a little hollow on top of each potato half.
- Carefully break an egg into each hollow.
- Season with salt and pepper and add a knob of the remaining butter to each potato.
- Place the potatoes on a baking tray and return to the oven.
- Bake for 15 minutes or until the eggs have set.
- Sprinkle each baked egg with a little salt and cayenne pepper to garnish and serve immediately.
sweet potatoes, butter, pork sausages, onion, red chilli, cheddar cheese, fresh coriander, salt, eggs, cayenne pepper
Taken from www.lovefood.com/guide/recipes/12984/levi-roots-sunshine-baked-sweet-potatoes-with-spicy-sausage (may not work)