Sweet Potato, Bacon and Leek Pie

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6–8

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Daily Mail Modern British Cookbook

By Alastair Little and Richard Whittington

Published 1998

  • About

Any method for an ordinary floury potato can be used to cook sweet potatoes, though their flavour would make them unsuitable for some recipes. Thus boiled and mashed, deep-fried as chips or crisps, or parboiled and sautéed all work.

Ingredients

  • 115 g/ 4 oz pancetta or smoked streaky bacon, cut into strips
  • 4 tbsp

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas 6. Gently fry the pancetta or bacon in 2 tablespoons of the olive oil until the fat has run and the bacon is browned but not crisp. Remove with a slotted