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- Vegetables
Ingredients
- 6 medium-sized sweet potatoes
- 4 small apples, cored and cut into thin rings
- Butter, to grease
- 1-2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons pecans or cashew nuts, roughly chopped
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 pinch of cinnamon
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Method
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1Preheat the oven to 200C/ 180C Fan/ Gas Mark 6.
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2Pre-cook the sweet potatoes in boiling water in the oval casserole with the lid on for about 10 minutes. Once cooked, drain, peel and cut into slices.
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3Grease the stoneware dish with butter and alternately layer the potato slices and the unpeeled apple rings. Drizzle with maple syrup and sprinkle the nuts across.
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4Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Season with salt, pepper and then add the cinnamon. Pour the hot butter over the potato and apple slices.
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5Place the potatoes into the stoneware dish and then put the dish into the preheated oven and bake for 25-30 minutes.
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