Baked Sweet Potatoes with Bacon and Sour Cream

Ingredients

• 1 kg semi-dry sweet potatoes
• Salt
• extra virgin olive oil
• 200 g bacon (unsmoked, bacon or South Tyrolean bacon)
• 2 Spring Onions
• 300 g sour cream
• chili flakes

Instructions

1. 1.

   Preheat the oven to 180°C fan.

2. 2.

   Wash the sweet potatoes and parboil in salted water for 15 minutes. Drain, let dry, then halve lengthwise. Scoop out a little with a teaspoon. Brush a baking sheet with 2-3 tbsp oil and place the sweet potato halves cut side down on it. Bake for 25‑30 minutes until golden brown.

3. 3.

   Meanwhile slice the bacon into strips and fry in a pan over medium heat until crisp. Slice the spring onions into thin rings. Season the cooked sweet potatoes with salt, fill each half with bacon strips, top with a spoonful of sour cream, sprinkle with spring onion rings, season with chili flakes, and serve immediately.