Fufu

Name: Fufu
Ingredients: 25 g (1 oz) unsalted butter, melted; 1 tablespoon chopped fresh coriander; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley; 4 tablespoons fresh white breadcrumbs; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 4 large orange-fleshed sweet potatoes, well scrubbed; 1 tablespoon jerk seasoning; 1 red onion, finely chopped; 100 g (4 oz) streaky bacon, chopped; 6 tablespoons olive oil

Crushed Sweet Potatoes with Bacon and Onion

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Passion for Vegetables

By Paul Gayler

Published 1999

About

Ingredients

4 large orange-fleshed sweet potatoes, well scrubbed
6 tablespoons olive oil
100 g

Side dish
Vegetarian

Method

Fufu, or foo-foo, comes from the Caribbean and is a dish of pounded plaintain or ground rice, although I have also seen it made with sweet potatoes and even cassava. I prefer a coarser version, spiced with jerk seasoning and served in vegetable shells – a more sophisticated presentation!

Preheat the oven to 1