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This recipe is a healthy, delicious vegetarian empanada. I’ve used sweet potato which are quite a versatile ingredient in cooking, I’ve grated it for this recipe to achieve a smooth mashed consistency without it being boiled and loosing all of its nutritional content. I really enjoyed eating these empanadas because the ingredients all compliment each other well and the pastry was smooth with each bite.

Recipe: Sweet potato and lentil empanadas (makes 6)

Ingredients

1 tbsp oil, for frying

1/4 onion, finely diced

1 large sweet potato, grated

65g lentils, cooked

1/2 tsp cumin

1/2 tsp paprika

Pinch of chilli flakes

Pinch of salt

Sprinkle of thyme

1/2 tsp brown sugar

Splash of water

Use my empanada recipe here <<

Use my kale pesto recipe here <<

Method

• Prepare all of the ingredients and heat the oil in a frying pan.
• Once hot and the onion and cover with a lid for 3 minutes on a low heat, this will soften the onions without burning them.
• Next, mix in the sweet potato along with the spices and add a splash of water so it doesn’t dry out.
• Cover with the lid again and allow the sweet potato to fully cook for 10-12 minutes.
• After that, add the lentils and cook for a further 2 minutes and stir.
• Leave the sweet potato mixture to cool down. In the meantime, preheat the oven to gas mark 6 and lightly oil a baking tray.
• Roll out the empanada pastry and cut out the pastry using a medium sized bowl.
• Spoon some of the sweet potato mixture onto the pastry and top with a little of the kale pesto.
• Fold the other half of the pastry over and crimp the edges using your fingers all the way round.
• Repeat the above 2 steps until all of the mixture is used up and place each one on the prepared tray. Leftover pastry can be put in the freezer for another time.
• Bake in the oven for 25 minutes and serve.

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