Sweet Potato, Bacon and Leek Pie

Name: Sweet Potato, Bacon and Leek Pie
Yield: Serves 6–8
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: salt and pepper; 30 g/ 1 oz flour; 600 ml/ 1 pt milk; freshly grated nutmeg; 15 g/ ½ oz butter; 30 g/ 1 oz butter; 225 g/ 8 oz carrots, peeled and cut into thick chips; 2 garlic cloves, chopped; 4 leeks, trimmed and cut into strips; 60 g/ 2 oz fresh breadcrumbs; 675 g/ 1½ lb sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into thick chips; 4 tbsp olive oil; 115 g/ 4 oz pancetta or smoked streaky bacon, cut into strips

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

Europe
United Kingdom
Main course
Pie

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