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Roasted sweet potato salad with ginger dressing

Recipe from: - True Love 6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Preparation time: 5 mins
Cooking time: 27 mins

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Ingredients

3

sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced lengthwise
120

g

cherry tomatoes
45

ml

olive oil
salt and freshly ground black pepper
125

ml

pine nuts
150

g

baby spinach leaves or mixed lettuce leaves
half a ripe avocado pear, sliced
DRESSING
65

ml

ginger in syrup
30

ml

sherry wine vinegar
45

ml

olive oil

Method

Preheat oven to 200 C.
Place sweet potatoes and cherry tomatoes in a baking dish lined with baking paper, toss with a little olive oil and sprinkle with salt and black pepper.
Bake for 25 minutes, or until sweet potatoes are soft and golden.
Sprinkle pine nuts over and bake for a further two minutes or until pine nuts are golden.
TO MAKE DRESSING
Remove ginger from syrup and chop finely.
Whisk together ginger syrup, vinegar and oil and then add chopped ginger.
TO ASSEMBLE
Arrange spinach or lettuce leaves on individual plates or a large serving platter.
Top with avocado, sweet potatoes, cherry tomatoes and pine nuts.
Pour over the dressing and serve.

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