Sweet Potato Holiday
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Author Notes: A few years ago I started a sweet potato tradition with this salad dressed in Grand Marnier vinaigrette and garnished with pomegranate arils; sweet, tangy and spicy a festive side to compliment a holiday meal. Eat, Drink, be Merry and Enjoy! - lapadia
Serves 3-4 depending on your portion size. easily doubles or more.
- 1 large sweet potato - roasted
- 2 tablespoon seasoned rice vinegar
- 1-1/2 teaspoon orange juice
- 2 tablespoons Grand Mariner
- Taste test for sweetness and then add honey or agave to suit your taste
- 3 tablespoons walnut (or other nut) oil
- Sea salt flakes
- 1/2 medium unpeeled granny smith cored and sliced
- 1/3 cup pomegranate arils
- 1 finely minced jalapeno pepper
- Salted sunflower seeds - a handful
- Oil on hand for roasting the potato
- Peel and cut the potato into 1/8 inch medallions, then roast with a little oil @ 400 degrees, until just tender. Cool completely.
- Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine the next five ingredients (rice vinegar through oil), whisk well. Add a pinch of salt, or to taste.
- Cut the cooled potatoes into a quarter moon size.
- Cut the apple into half moon slices and cut them in half, to make a quarter size moon. Add them to the vinaigrette to coat and to keep them from turning brown.
- Arrange the potatoes and coated apples in a serving bowl, sprinkle with salt to taste. Scatter the pomegranate, sunflower seeds and jalapeno over the top. Dot with a little of the vinaigrette.
- Cover and chill at least a couple hours.
- Serve with extra vinaigrette on the side.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Pomegranates
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Root Vegetable Side
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Salad with Apples
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over 1 year ago sdebrango
Suzanne is a trusted source on General Cooking.
What a lovely salad that I totally missed. Great mix of textures, flavors etc...
over 1 year ago lapadia
Thanks, sdebrango, there are so many beautiful recipes out here, it is easy to miss one, I do it all the time. Hope you will try this sometime! :)
over 1 year ago lapadia
note: oops wasn't able to edit the name (sp) = Marnier, before deadline :(
over 1 year ago lapadia
Edited and revised 10-8
over 1 year ago boulangere
Cynthia is a trusted source on Bread/Baking.
Ooooh.
over 1 year ago lapadia
La, la! :) Thanks, B!
over 1 year ago wssmom
You had me at Grand Mariner....
over 1 year ago lapadia
LOL....thanks, wssmom! :)
over 1 year ago boulangere
Cynthia is a trusted source on Bread/Baking.
Yes, me too!
over 1 year ago lapadia
Okay then, boulangere! :) Have a great & relaxing weekend!
over 1 year ago lapadia
** recipe has been revised since it was first posted
over 2 years ago gingerroot
Love the contrast of sweet and spicy flavors here, as well as textures. Saving and hope to try soon.
over 1 year ago lapadia
Hi gr! I just revised this recipe a bit and just noticed I didn't see your comment...a while back. OOPS, don't know how that happened, except for there was a time when, for some reason I wasn't getting my F52 email notifications. Anyway, thanks... :)