26.4.09

Sweet Potatoes and Mango Relish

I've been making this recipe for at least 10 years now. It is easy, good in winter or summer and packed full of flavor. It's really hard to mess up sweet potatoes - just add a couple spices and they are golden! The salsa is really flexible. I often use a little of whatever my favorite tomato salsa from the store is at the moment to mix in with the mangos, sweet peppers, and lime, and cilantro.


Ingredients
:

for the potatoes
4 sweet potatoes, skin left on, scrubbed, and sliced into wedges
1 tsp each cinnamon, allspice, ginger, salt, pepper
2 Tbsp olive oil

for the salsa
1 large mango, cut into small pieces
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 Tbsp cilantro (more if you want)
zest and juice of one lime
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1/4 spicey tomato salsa of your choice.
1 Tbsp hot sauce (a non-vinegary but smokey one, such as boulder or d'oni - no tobasco!!)

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 425F.
Toss together all the ingredients for the potatoes in a large bowl. Make sure the potatoes are well coated with oil (add more oil if needed). Spread on a baking sheet.
Bake for about 30 minutes, turning once (bake until the begin to brown on the edges and are tender in the center).
While the potatoes are baking, mix together the ingredients for the salsa. Let sit 30 minutes (overnight is best) before serving so flavors can mix.