Roasted sweet potato with grilled asparagus
Recipe
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20 minutes
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45 minutes
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65 minutes
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4 persons
Are you looking for a simple yet impressive side dish to make on your Big Green Egg? Then this recipe, with sweet potatoes roasted on your kamado and grilled asparagus served with a herb cream, is ideal! Roasting and grilling are incredibly easy, but thanks to the Big Green Egg touch and the flavour combination of the ingredients, the result is nothing short of spectacular!
INGREDIENTS
POTATOES
- 2 large sweet potatoes
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 sprig of thyme
- 1 sprig of rosemary
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 4 anchovy fillets
- 4 sprigs of watercress
HERB CREAM
- 6 sprigs of chives
- 2 tbsp clotted cream
ASPARAGUS
- 12 green asparagus spears
- 1 tbsp olive oil
IN ADVANCE
- Light the charcoal in the Big Green Egg and, with the Cast Iron Grid in place, heat it to a temperature of 180°C. Meanwhile, wash the sweet potatoes and pat them dry. Place each sweet potato on a sheet of aluminium foil.
- Peel and finely chop the garlic. Strip the leaves from the thyme and the needles from the rosemary. Mix the garlic and herbs into the olive oil. Drizzle the herb oil over the sweet potatoes and wrap them tightly in the foil.
METHOD
- Place the wrapped sweet potatoes on the grid of the Big Green Egg. Close the lid and roast them for around 35 minutes. Meanwhile, prepare the herb cream by finely chopping the chives and mixing them into the clotted cream, seasoning with salt and pepper to taste. Trim the woody ends off the asparagus.
- Remove the sweet potatoes from the Big Green Egg. Brush the asparagus with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place them on the grid and grill for 1-1½ minutes. Turn and grill for another 1-1½ minutes. Close the lid of the EGG after each step. Meanwhile, carefully remove the foil from the sweet potatoes.
- Slice the sweet potatoes in half lengthways and top each half with half a tablespoon of herb cream. Place three asparagus spears and one anchovy fillet on each half. Garnish with the watercress.
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