Sweet potato gumbo

Vegetarian recipes Sweet potato gumbo with cornbread recipe

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Date Published:
17/12/2008

Gumbo, in all its many forms, is the quintessential Deep South dish. Try this vegetarian sweet potato gumbo with cornbread recipe and you'll realise why cabbage was invented – the combination of that delicious veg with cayenne, oregano, thyme and white pepper is a match made in food heaven.

Serves 6
Takes 50 minutes to make and 20-25 minutes in the oven

Nutritional Information

Per serving:
821kcals
37.8g fat (20g saturated)
16g protein
107.8g carbs
20.2g sugar
2.4g salt

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2 celery sticks, chopped
  • 2 red chillies, deseeded and chopped
  • 1 red onion, chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 1 tsp each salt, dried thyme, dried oregano, cayenne and white pepper
  • 150ml vegetable stock, hot
  • 400g can chopped tomatoes
  • 24 okra
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 400g sweet potato, cut into 1cm cubes
  • 100g cabbage, finely shredded

For the cornbread

  • 200g butter, melted, plus extra
  • 300g plain flour, sifted
  • 50g icing sugar, sifted
  • 300g polenta
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • 1 medium egg, beaten
  • 250ml milk

Method: How to make sweet potato gumbo

1. Put the oil, celery, chillies, onion, garlic, salt, dried herbs, cayenne and pepper in a saucepan over a medium heat and cook, stirring, for 6 minutes.

Tip

Try this as a base for creamy wintry soups or as a rub for roasted root vegetables.

2. Add the stock, 150ml water, tomatoes, okra and bay leaf. Boil, then add the potato and cabbage. Cook for 15 minutes. Season, then discard the bay leaf.

3. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 200°C/fan180°C/gas 6 and grease a 12-hole muffin tin. In a bowl, mix the flour, sugar, polenta and baking powder, then mix in the egg, milk and butter. Divide equally between the muffin holes and bake for 20-25 minutes. Serve with the gumbo.

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  1. Heya, I just wanted to advise here as I regularly make cornbread over here (originally from US). Polenta is a dish made from cornmeal, stating polenta may confuse people into buying polenta (the pre-packaged stuff ready to fry). You can actually get ahold of yellow cornmeal in stores that stock a decent amount of indian food products (tesco stores half do half don't). The brand I use is Natco. (I hope you get some nice mexican recipes on here, hoping mexican food will end up here properly (the current stuff available dosn't actually classify as mexican cuisine). It's a real pain making things when half the ingredients aren't imported here due to lack of interest by most. :P
    Posted by Mish on 27/08/2009 04:33:19
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