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Roasted Sweet Potato with Pineapple Dressing

Author: Linda Peek

Ingredients

  • 800g to 1 kg sweet potatoes thickly sliced
  • 2 Tbs olive oil
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 2 cups mixed salad greens such as rocket and radicchio
  • Salad dressing

Pineapple Dressing

  • ½ a fresh pineapple
  • 2 Tbs vinegar
  • 2 tsp soy sauce
  • 2 Tbs honey
  • ¼ cup lemon juice
  • 1 finely chopped shallot or spring onion

Instructions

  • Peel the sweet potato if you like. I don't because we like the skin. Mix with the olive oil and season, then cook in an air fryer or on a tray in a hot oven for 30-40 minutes or until cooked and starting to brown. Turn them over halfway through cooking.
  • Peel the pineapple, remove the core then cut it into pieces then blitz them in a food processor until finely chopped. Add remaining ingredients and mix briefly. Tip into a saucepan, bring to the boil, then simmer for 5-10 minutes to reduce a bit.
  • When the sweet potato is cooked arrange it in a baking dish in one layer, slightly overlapping. Drizzle with some of the sauce - you may not need it all - then put the dish in a hot oven for 20 minutes, or until the dressing turns starts to colour and become a bit sticky. If your air fryer is big enough you can do this stage in there, but the sweet potato needs to be in a single layer, not too crowded.
  • Arrange sweet potato on a bed of greens, lightly dressed with your favourite salad dressing. Serve hot, or at room temperature.

Notes

Serves 4-6
Substitutes: use a drained can of pineapple instead of fresh pineapple