Spiced sweet potato pie

Recipes / Vegetarian

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Recipe «Spiced sweet potato pie» presented in category Recipes / Vegetarian, to prepare this dish you will need no more 45 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 700g orange sweet potato, peeled, roughly chopped, Olive oil cooking spray, 2 tsp ground coriander, 1 tsp cumin seeds, crushed, 400g can chickpeas, drained, rinsed , 1/2 cup fresh coriander leaves, roughly chopped, 2 tbsp lemon juice, 2 tbsp pine nuts, toasted , 100g feta, crumbled, 6 sheets filo pastry, Baby spinach, to serve.

Ingredients:

  • 700g orange sweet potato, peeled, roughly chopped 
  • Olive oil cooking spray 
  • 2 tsp ground coriander 
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds, crushed 
  • 400g can chickpeas, drained, rinsed 
  • 1/2 cup fresh coriander leaves, roughly chopped 
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice 
  • 2 tbsp pine nuts, toasted 
  • 100g feta, crumbled 
  • 6 sheets filo pastry 
  • Baby spinach, to serve 

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 220C/200C fan-forced. Grease a 22cm round (base) springform pan. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Place potato on prepared tray. Spray generously with oil. Sprinkle with ground coriander and cumin. Toss to coat. Bake for 20 minutes or until tender. Leave to cool for 20 minutes.
  2. Roughly mash chickpeas in a large bowl. Add sweet potato, chopped fresh coriander, lemon juice and pine nuts. Stir to combine. Stir in fetta.
  3. Place 1 filo sheet on a flat surface. Spray with oil. Top with another filo sheet (see note). Leaving a 2cm border, spoon 1/3 of the potato mixture along 1 long edge. Roll up to enclose filling. Starting at the centre of the pan, arrange filo roll, seam-side down, in a coil shape. Repeat process using 1/2 the remaining potato mixture to make another roll. Add roll to pan, continuing to create a large coil shape and pressing to secure and fit snugly in pan. Repeat 1 more time with remaining filo and filling.
  4. Spray with oil. Season with salt and pepper. Bake for 25 minutes or until golden and crisp. Serve wedges of pie with spinach.