Warm Potato Salad with Melted Cheese
This salad is perfectly balanced for autumn cosy days: warm baked sweet potato with delicious melted cheese that comes paired with fresh and crispy lettuce. All seasoned with a slightly sweet honey dressing and some addictive baked pecan nuts You’ll feel fulfilled but not heavy! Feel free to use our suggested cheese combination or to create your own for this unique warm salad recipe!
Ingredients
For the roasted potato salad
- 800g sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
- ½ tsp salt
- 100g pecan nuts
- 50g apple, cubed
- 150g Wensleydale cheese, crumbled
- 100g goat's cheese, sliced
For the honey dressing
- 6 tbsp sour cream
- 4 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 225ml olive oil
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp dried oregano
- ½ tsp dried thyme
To serve
- 2 tbsp chopped fresh chives
- 2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander
- lettuce, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160ºC.
- Toss the sweet potatoes in olive oil, salt and freshly ground black pepper. Place them on a baking tray covered with a baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes, until tender.
- Add cubed apple, pecan nuts, crumbled Wensleydale and sliced goat cheese on the baking tray, just over the sweet potatoes. Bake for 10 more minutes.
- For the dressing, combine sour cream, honey, lemon juice and olive oil. Stir quickly until emulsified. Add in salt, dried oregano and dried thyme. Set aside.
- Pour honey dressing and chopped herbs over baked sweet potatoes and serve warm, accompanied with chopped lettuce.
