If you’re after a side dish that’s easy to make, tastes delicious and looks incredibly appetising, look no further than these satisfying sweet potato slices. Bake them in thyme and garlic infused butter for a sweet and richly flavoured dish.
Peel the sweet potato. Using a mandoline, slice at 3 mm thickness.
In a small saucepan, add butter, minced garlic, leaves of 4 sprigs of thyme and cayenne pepper. On low to medium heat, cook until butter is fully melted.
Using a baking dish, pour in ½ the butter mixture.
Stack the sweet potato slices side to side. Drizzle the rest of the butter mixture on top. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Add the remaining 4 sprigs of thyme, whole, in between the sweet potato slices.
Cover with foil and bake for 1 hour. Remove foil and allow it to bake for a further 15 minutes so the top softens and browns further.
Serve hot.
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Notes
For a vegan recipe, vegan butter can be used. The nut-based vegan butter would have a better flavour profile for this side dish than the coconut-based butter.
For a thyme substitute, oregano and marjoram would be a good replacement but the dried version. It would withstand the long roasting process better than using fresh leaves.
The level of heat can be adjusted by adding less or more of the cayenne pepper. Alternatively, you can also try any of the paprika varieties.