Sweet Potato Succotash

Ingredients-

  • Sweet Potato – 1kg
  • Corn cobs ,cooked – 1 pack
  • Cannelinni beans – 1 tin
  • Smoked Paprika – 10g
  • Veg Oil – 100ml
  • Garlic – 3 cloves
  • Spring onion/red chilli – 1 bunch/3 ea
  • Coriander/mint/parsley – 30g chopped
  • Olive oil – 100ml
  • Lemon juice -1
  • Sea Salt

Method

 

  • Peel & dice the Sweet Potato to 2 cm cubes
  • Chop the garlic, mix with some oil & paprika
  • Roast in oven at 170c for 15 mins
  • Grill or burn the corn cobs over gas flame using a metal skewer
  • Slice the 4 faces from the corn cobs, reserving half for garnish
  • Slice the chillies, spring onions & chop the herbs
  • Drain the beans
  • Add the burnt corn to the potato for the last 4 mins
  • Mix everything in a big bowl
  • Season with sea salt, sherry vinegar & olive oil
  • Assemble on a plate with reserved corn, chilles & spring onions

Pumpkin seed Pesto

  • Pumpkin seeds  – 60g
  • Garlic – 2 cloves
  • Flat parsley  – 2 tbs
  • Lemon rind  – 1
  • Olive oil  – 60ml

Blitz everything together with a hand blender

Season with salt.