Baked sweet potatoes with honey and chilli

Name: Baked sweet potatoes with honey and chilli
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 4 medium-sized sweet potatoes, washed and halved; 40 g butter; 2 small red or green chillies, finely chopped; 1-2 tbsp clear honey; 80 g mature cheddar, grated (optional)

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mark Hix on Baking

By Mark Hix

Published 2012

About

Baked sweet potatoes are great with barbecues or as an accompaniment to a roast. I’ve found they also satisfy vegetarians as they have that little something that an ordinary baked potato doesn’t — especially if you scatter a little extra cheese over the top of them a few minutes before removing them from the oven.

Ingredients

4 medium-sized sweet potatoes, washed and halved
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
40 g butter

Side dish
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/gas mark 6.

Score the sweet potato flesh in a criss-cross with the point of a sharp knife, transfer to a baking tray and season with salt and pepper. Divide the butter between the halves, then scatter over the chilli slices and cheese, if using. Spoon