SWEET POTATOES WITH PECANS AND BLUE CHEESE

facebook share image   twitter share image   pinterest share image   E-Mail share image



Sweet Potatoes With Pecans and Blue Cheese image

This is a $400 winner in Better Homes and Gardens and sent in by Debbie Reid of Clearwater, Florida. It has a nice balance of sweet and salty and uses my favorite ingredient--blue cheese!

Provided by pamela t.

Categories     Vegetable

Time 50m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

2 large sweet potatoes
1 small onion
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon butter
1/3 cup pecans
1 tablespoon light brown sugar
4 teaspoons cider vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons honey
1 garlic clove
2 tablespoons blue cheese
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper

Steps:

  • Peel sweet potatoes and cut into thin wedges.
  • Peel and chop onion.
  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  • In 15 x 10 pan place potatoes, onion and drizzle with 2 T olive oil.
  • Salt and pepper to taste.
  • Bake for 30-35 minutes, stirring once.
  • Meanwhile, in a skillet, melt butter over medium heat, stir in pecans, brown sugar and 1/4 t salt.
  • Cook and stir about 3 minutes until pecans are coated with sugar.
  • remove from heat and let cool on foil.
  • For dressing:.
  • whisk together honey, vinegar, garlic, 1/4 t salt, 1/4 t pepper.
  • Slowly whisk in remaining olive oil until combined.
  • Whisk in 1 T blue cheese.
  • Transfer potatoes and onions to serving plate.
  • Drizzle with dressing and remaining blue cheese.
  • Sprinkle with pecans.

There are no comments yet!