Sweet Potato Wedges Wrapped in Bacon

Author: Carey Boucher-Erasmus
Prep Time: 10
Cook Time: 35
Total Time: 45 minutes
Yield: 4
Category: easy; Lunch; Mains; Potatoes; Sides; Snacks; Starters; Vegetables

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Description

Dunk these crispy wedges in smokey paprika sour cream – just delish.

Ingredients

3 medium (long and thin) sweet potatoes, washed
olive oil
freshly ground salt and pepper
12 small sprigs of thyme
250 g streaky bacon (+- 12 rashers)
250 g sour cream
+- 2 tsp (10 ml) smoked paprika

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 200 °C.

Cut each potato into 4 wedges.

Drizzle the wedges with olive oil and season to taste.

Wrap a rasher of bacon tightly around each wedge and place onto a greased baking tray.

Roast for 35- 40 minutes (depending on the size) or until golden and crispy.

Combine the sour cream and paprika to taste.

Dip the hot, crispy bacon-wrapped wedges into the smokey sour cream and enjoy!

Carey Boucher-Erasmus

Carey has 10 years of extensive experience in the food industry. She is a freelance food consultant and has a popular blog called 'Bits of Carey'. Carey has been developing recipes, as well as doing the styling and photography for her regular feature, Midweek Meals in Crush since 2011. She has also written features for Food24 for a long time. Carey's food style is simple, fresh and unpretentious with a real ?eat me now? factor. Her favourite ingredients are fresh herbs, lemon, butter and bacon.