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Blue cheese, bacon, pecans & cranberry sweet potato jackets

This will get a 10 out of 10 from your family! - by Barbara Northwood
  • 17 May 2019
Blue cheese, bacon, pecans & cranberry sweet potato jackets
Prep: 5 Minutes - Easy - Serves 2
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Liven up a baked spud with punchy flavours and use sweet potato – it also counts as one of your 5-a-day.

Ingredients

2 baked sweet potatoes

a few slices of crispy bacon

2 tbsp soured cream

30g crumbled hard blue cheese

1 tbsp dried cranberries

a few pecans

a little maple syrup

Method

  1. Split 2 baked sweet potatoes down the middle and stuff each one with a few slices of crispy bacon. Top with 2 tbsp soured cream, 30g crumbled hard blue cheese and 1 tbsp dried cranberries. Crush a few pecans in your hands and scatter these over too with some black pepper. Drizzle with a little maple syrup if you have a sweet tooth.

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Barbara Northwood
Barbara Northwood
Barbara has over 38 years experience in the food industry, loves sharing advice, recipes and know-how on everything food. She’s a passionate gardener and being to grow fresh herbs, lemons and rhubarb and more, gives her great satisfaction.

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