SPICY SWEET POTATO (YAM) PASTY

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A sweet potato and carrot mix with feta cheese, wrapped in shortcrust pastry. This is one of my first real forays into a recipe made up on the spot with what you have in the cupboard, so I'm quite proud! This also keeps well wrapped in foil in the fridge, for a lighter meal with a salad. I've also tried this with just sweet potatoes (although the carrot enhances the flavour) and with spinach (about 125g) instead of broccoli.

Provided by Boo L

Categories     Lunch/Snacks

Time 1h5m

Yield 1 large pasty, 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

500 g shortcrust pastry
150 g feta cheese
2 medium sweet potatoes
1 large carrot
1 small head of broccoli
2 garlic cloves
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon chili powder
lemon juice

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to GM6 (200C / 400F).
  • Chop the sweet potato and carrot into small chunks, about 1cm-1.5cm across.
  • Crush the garlic onto a layer of foil, and sprinkle over the cumin and chilli powder.
  • Put the sweet potato and carrot onto the foil, and roil them in the spices.
  • Wrap the veg up completely, so that they bake rather than roast, and put them in the oven for 35 minutes.
  • Meanwhile roll out your shortcrust pastry to make a rectangle about 12" by 9".
  • Break up 100g of feta cheese and crumble it across half of the pastry (leaving a gap of about half an inch around the outside of the filling).
  • Cut the broccoli into very small pieces and dot in between and over the feta.
  • When the baking veg comes out of the oven mash it well. If it won't mash, put it back into the oven until it's soft enough to do so.
  • Spread the mash over the broccoli and feta and then top with the remaining feta.
  • Fold the other half of the pastry over the filling, and push it down well to seal the pasty.
  • Wash with egg or milk and bake at GM 7 (425 F / 220C).

Nutrition Facts : Calories 806.3, Fat 47.3, SaturatedFat 15.3, Cholesterol 33.4, Sodium 1131.6, Carbohydrate 80.4, Fiber 11, Sugar 8, Protein 18.2

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