Yotam Ottolenghi's Sweet Potato Galettes

This week's guest editors are England's beloved chefs and cookbook authors Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi. All week, they'll be sharing recipes from Ottolenghi: The Cookbook, as well as answering our questions and giving away copies of their book to a few lucky readers.

Spicy, sweet, and punchy, baked fresh and served warm, this is the sort of starter that can precede almost anything. The generous sour cream base and the lightness of the puff pastry carry the sweet potato easily without the risk of a carb overdose. We like to serve it with a plain green salad.

Sweet Potato Galettes

Makes 4

3 sweet potatoes, about 12 ounces each
9 ounces puff pastry 
1 free-range egg, lightly beaten
6 1/2 tablespoons sour cream
3 1/2 tablespoons aged goat cheese
2 tablespoons pumpkin seeds
1 medium-hot chile, finely chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 clove garlic, crushed
2 teaspoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
Coarse sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper

See the full recipe (and print and save it) here.

Reprinted with permission from Ottolenghi: The Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi & Sami Tamimi, copyright © 2013. Published by Ten Speed Press, a division of Random House, Inc.

Photography credit: Richard Learoyd © 2013