Sweet Potatoes With Pecans and Blue Cheese |
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 40 Minutes |
Ready In: 50 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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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! Ingredients:
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 |
Directions:
1. Peel sweet potatoes and cut into thin wedges.
2. Peel and chop onion.
3. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
4. In 15 x 10 pan place potatoes, onion and drizzle with 2 T olive oil.
5. Salt and pepper to taste.
6. Bake for 30-35 minutes, stirring once.
7. Meanwhile, in a skillet, melt butter over medium heat, stir in pecans, brown sugar and 1/4 t salt.
8. Cook and stir about 3 minutes until pecans are coated with sugar.
9. remove from heat and let cool on foil.
10. For dressing:.
11. whisk together honey, vinegar, garlic, 1/4 t salt, 1/4 t pepper.
12. Slowly whisk in remaining olive oil until combined.
13. Whisk in 1 T blue cheese.
14. Transfer potatoes and onions to serving plate.
15. Drizzle with dressing and remaining blue cheese.
16. Sprinkle with pecans.
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