Spare Ed's Snack-Of-The-Week Recipe

[AB Editor]

This, in the first of a sporadic series of food post from myself, is something I've found to be a great nibble. If you have some good dips you're well away.

Sweet Potatoe Bread Nibbles

What you need:

Sweet Potatoes
Flour
Butter
Turmeric
Salt & Pepper
A little oil

1. Skin, chop and boil your sweet potatoes
2. Drain, add butter liberally. Add salt and turmeric. Mash.
3. Begin to add flour and mix in. Keep adding flour until the mix becomes slightly doughy. It should no longer be sticky to the touch and have a little stretch in it.
4. Roll your dough into balls.
5. Heat a little oil in a frying-pan.
6. Add the sweet potato balls to the pan and add salt and pepper. Gently fry until they're warmed through with a bread-like outer-crust.
7. Serve!


I've had them with mayo and garlic butter - anyone out there god some good dipping ideas?

Spare Ed

[ummmm]

Sounds nice...might try them..

[boxtops]

This sounds absolutely delicious, spare Ed - I would go for sour cream and chives as my dip, please..

I am sure some wet blanket will point out to you that a single Potato has no E on the end, but at least you didn't say Potatoe's. Forgiven.

[cazzz1975]

well its an improvement on a pot noodle I suppose..

[mccfluff]

got to be good dipped into baked camenbert or brie

[marval]

Sounds lovely, I think a tomato dip would go well with them.

[B00]

I was with you, right uptil the "sweet potato" bit. Poisonious little orange things!

[ChuckFickens]

Boxy, I reckon the spelling mistake might be another one we are all collectively imagining in a few minutes :)

Sounds nice Ed, may give it a go.

[cazzz1975]

I notice there are no gallons of wine... I am slightly concerned..

[ummmm]

So am I...where's the wine list? And the cheese list?


ooooo a chessy dip might go nice.

[AB Editor]

Cazz:There is Beer. Mainly Zubar, which, if you've never had it before, is a wonderful Polish beer.

As for the dip idea, I think chive and sour-cream might win it.

Fluff, "got to be good dipped into baked camenbert or brie" What isn't?

No, this one is just a spelling mistake. I think I will have to leave it now you've said that Chuck!

Spare Ed

[ChuckFickens]

LOL (or you could change it and remove my post of course)

[boxtops]

:-)

[AB Editor]

That is an option.

What would you dip it them in Chuck?

[boxtops]

Beer, by the sound of it....

[merciasounds]

I absolutely HATE sweet potatoes, but using ordinary spuds, this recipe makes a nice potato cake for breakfast with bacon and sausages, etc.

to dip try BBQ sauce

[pastafreak]

Sounds interesting Spare Ed......I ADORE sweet potatoes...but we Yanks have been known to eat them with mini marshmallows ! (NOT me I may hasten to add).......I think a sweet chillie dip would be divine. That's what I have with sweet potato wedges.

[ethandron]

yep, sweet chilli, or maybe raita.

[society]

You know Ed... your balls nibbles sounds like it might taste good. I will give it a try and I'll add a bit of baking powder to the recipe; this will make the balls light. And a spicy tamarind chutney to go with it will make it complete.

[AB Editor]

The chutney is a good call. Anyone ever had a chipotle dip (I imagine you have Pasta?) - anyone ever made it?

Mini-marshmallows... Not sure about that one. I do like sweet and savoury together, but I think the texture of these two would be too similar. I suppose you could bake these in with marshmallows and hope they melt? Chocolate sauce and clotted cream? Probably a good thing.

They're very light things anyway, but lighter is probably an improvement.

What's with the sweet potato hate Mercia and B00?


Spare Ed

[pastafreak]

I've never had a chipotle dip,Ed...that's with chocolate I assume? Will google.

Yep...sweet potatoes are roasted in chunks with dark brown sugar and-in some cases especially in the South-mini marshmallows. Very traditional at Thanksgiving.

http://southernfood.a...tatoes/r/bl30117j.htm

Don't worry about B00 and mercia...there is more for us then.