Description
A delightful dish featuring roasted sweet potatoes, walnuts, and goat cheese, drizzled with maple syrup and seasoned with cinnamon.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 2 cm cubes
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 60 milliliters pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Salt, to taste
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 100 grams walnuts, roughly chopped
- 110 grams goat cheese, crumbled
- Fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped, for garnish
Instructions
- Set the oven to 200°C and allow it to preheat while preparing the ingredients.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the cubed sweet potatoes, olive oil, maple syrup, ground cinnamon, salt, and pepper. Toss ingredients until the sweet potatoes are uniformly coated.
- Distribute the seasoned sweet potatoes evenly in a single layer on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Roast in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, gently stir the sweet potatoes to ensure even cooking.
- Sprinkle the chopped walnuts over the partially roasted sweet potatoes. Roast for an additional 10 minutes until the sweet potatoes are tender and the walnuts are lightly toasted.
- Remove the tray from the oven and immediately scatter the crumbled goat cheese over the hot sweet potato and walnut mixture, allowing it to soften from residual heat.
- Transfer to a serving platter, garnish with chopped fresh parsley, and serve while warm.
Notes
- For a vegan option, substitute goat cheese with a plant-based cheese alternative.
- Ensure the sweet potatoes are evenly cut for consistent cooking.
- Adjust the sweetness by varying the amount of maple syrup used.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Roasting
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 300
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 5g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 15mg