A very simple one-dish meal: sweet potato and radicchio flan, a slightly bitter-sweet dish perfect to bring to the table.
It only takes a few ingredients and the result is guaranteed.
Sweet potato is always present in my kitchen, while I often don’t buy regular potatoes.
Their nutritional properties differ a lot: sweet potatoes are slightly less caloric and contain beta-carotene (vitamin A), which regular potatoes do not.
Here are a few recipes with sweet potatoes:
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very inexpensive
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Cooking time: 40 Minutes
- Portions: 4 servings
- Cooking methods: Stovetop, Oven
- Cuisine: Healthy
- Seasonality: Autumn, Winter and Spring
Ingredients Sweet Potato and Radicchio Flan
- 2 sweet potatoes (or yams)
- 2 heads Treviso red radicchio IGP (late-harvest)
- 3.5 oz light ricotta (or soy ricotta (about 1/2 cup))
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp aromatic herbs
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 4 tbsp breadcrumbs
Tools
- 1 Baking dish baking dish
Steps Sweet Potato and Radicchio Flan
Very simple flan — here we go. First, wash and chop the two heads of Treviso radicchio. In a pan, pour a drizzle of oil and add one chopped shallot and sauté until golden. Add the radicchio and cook for 15 minutes over low heat with a lid on. Set aside.
Sauté the radicchio in the pan
Steam the sweet potatoes
Pour a drizzle of oil into the baking dish,
Layer with ricotta, salt and aromatic herbs
Finally, sprinkle generously with breadcrumbs and place under the grill at 356°F for 15 minutes until golden.
Tips from Timo e Lenticchie
You can store the flan well covered for a couple of days in the refrigerator. You can replace the ricotta with soy ricotta, or another vegan spreadable cheese.
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