Caramelised onion and blue cheese sweet potatoes

Recipes / Vegetarian

These piping-hot parcels of potato will warm you and fill you up!

Recipe «Caramelised onion and blue cheese sweet potatoes» presented in category Recipes / Vegetarian, to prepare this dish you will need no more 1:00 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 2 large orange sweet potatoes, 1/4 cup olive oil, 3 medium brown onions, thinly sliced, 2 tbsp brown sugar, 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar , 1 tbsp fresh rosemary, finely chopped, 75g blue cheese, 1 tsp fresh thyme, finely chopped .

Ingredients:

  • 2 large orange sweet potatoes 
  • 1/4 cup olive oil 
  • 3 medium brown onions, thinly sliced 
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar 
  • 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar 
  • 1 tbsp fresh rosemary, finely chopped 
  • 75g blue cheese 
  • 1 tsp fresh thyme, finely chopped 

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 200C/180C fan-forced. Place sweet potatoes on a baking tray. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons of the oil. Season with salt and pepper. Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until tender. Set aside for 10 minutes to cool slightly.
  2. Meanwhile, heat remaining oil in a large frying pan. Add onion. Cook, stirring, for 10 to 15 minutes or until golden. Add sugar and vinegar. Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until caramelised. Stir in rosemary. Remove from heat. Cover to keep warm.
  3. Preheat grill on high. Cut a slit down the length of each potato, leaving the base intact. Return to baking tray. Top with onion mixture and crumble over cheese. Grill for 1 minute or until cheese is just beginning to melt. Serve sprinkled with thyme.