BAKED SWEET POTATO WITH ROASTED VEGETABLES AND BULGUR WHEAT
BAKED SWEET POTATO WITH ROASTED VEGETABLES AND BULGUR WHEAT
BAKED SWEET POTATO WITH ROASTED VEGETABLES AND BULGUR WHEAT

Ingredients
  • 1 medium sweet potato (about 350g/12oz)
  • washed and dried
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • ½ fennel bulb
  • thinly sliced
  • ½ red pepper
  • cut into 2cm/¾in cubes
  • ½ red onion
  • cut into wedges
  • small handful cherry tomatoes
  • 50g/1¾oz bulgur wheat
  • 2 sprigs dill
  • roughly chopped
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 tbsp natural yoghurt
  • to serve
Directions
  • Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6 and place a sheet of kitchen foil on the middle shelf.
  • Rub the sweet potato with half a teaspoon of the olive oil and some salt. Pierce the skin several times with a sharp knife
  • place directly onto the top shelf of the oven and bake for 1 hour.
  • Meanwhile
  • place the vegetables in a medium-sized roasting tray
  • drizzle with the remaining olive oil and mix well. Season with salt and pepper and roast for 20–25 minutes or until soft and starting to brown at the edges.
  • Put the bulgur wheat into a heatproof bowl and pour in just enough boiling water to cover
  • wrap the bowl tightly with cling film and leave to stand for 30 minutes.
  • Check the potato is cooked through by piercing with a blunt knife. When it is done
  • turn the oven off and leave the potato in for 15 minutes while you assemble the topping.
  • Fluff up the bulgur wheat with a fork
  • then tip it into the tray with the roasted vegetables and mix well to combine. Add the dill and mix again.
  • To serve
  • break the potato open and fluff up the inside with a fork
  • top with the bulgur wheat and vegetable mixture and a dollop of natural yoghurt.