Sweet Potato and Sunchokes a la Huancaina

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Here is a sweet potato recipe with a Peruvian flare to it. I served this for dinner a few nights or so ago and it was absolutely a hit. The sauce a la huancaina is a typical sauce made from aji amarillo peppers, cheese, and huacatay, which is sort of like a cross between cilantro, mint and epazote. The huancaina sauce is typically served over boiled potatoes and with hard boiled eggs. So this is my twist on a classic peruvian dish.

With the substitution of sweet potato, you have the classic sweet and spicy going on so it truly works. If you don't have huacatay you can substitute cilantro or just leave it out entirely. Here is the sweet potato recipe with huancaina sauce, I hope you enjoy it!

Ingredients

6 people

Huancaina Sauce

4 aji amarillo roasted and peeled or 1/2 cup of puree
1 cup evaporated milk
5 crackers
1/3 cup cotija cheese fine ground or parmesean
2 tbsp huacatay leaves or cilantro
1/2 tsp salt to taste

Sweet Potato

3 large white sweet potatoes
3 tbsp olive oil
1/4 tsp salt

Garnish

1 lb sunchokes
3 tbsp olive oil
6 whole hard boiled eggs
1/4 cup fava chips
2 tbsp cilantro leaves
1/4 cup chili oil

Nutritional information

Calories: 387kcalCarbohydrates: 54gProtein: 9gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 24mgSodium: 674mgPotassium: 1047mgFiber: 7gSugar: 19gVitamin A: 24335IUVitamin C: 11mgCalcium: 223mgIron: 4mg

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 1

Total Time 1 20

Servings 6 people

For the Sunchokes

Preheat wood oven to 400 degrees
In a bowl toss sunchokes with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Place on a sheet pan and roast in the wood oven for 30 minutes. Then take the pan out of the oven and set aside.

For the Sweet Potato

In a bowl toss sweet potatoes with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Place on a sheet pan and roast in a wood oven for 1 hour. Then take the pan out of the oven and set aside.

Huancaina Sauce

Place huacatay leaves, roasted chiles, evaporated milk, into a vitamix. Puree until smooth and then add crackers, cheese. Season with salt and puree until smooth and a little thick. Adjust the seasoning if necessary and set aside.

Hard boiled eggs

Place eggs in a small pot and fill with cold water covering the eggs completely. Bring to a boil and then boil for 4 1/2 minutes. Turn off and drain the water and run cool water on the eggs. When they are cool enough to touch, peel the eggs and quarter them.

To Finish

Take sweet potato and cut 1/2 inch thick pieces and place two slices on the plate. Season with a pinch of salt on top of each sweet potato. Add a few pieces of sunchokes next to potato. Add the huancaina sauce all over the vegetables. Finish with hard boiled eggs, cilantro, chili oil, and fava chips. Serve and Enjoy!