Baked sweet potatoes in La Buat spices

Ingredients:

Potato

• 2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled
• 2 tablespoons of good olive oil
• 1 tbsp La Boite spice mix (see recipe below)
• 1 tbsp. l. brown sugar
• 0.5 tsp coarse salt, plus extra for sprinkling
• 0.5 tsp ground black pepper

La Buat Spice Mix

• 1.5 teaspoons of turmeric
• 2 tsp basil
• 1 teaspoon Aleppo pepper
• 2 tsp. mustard seeds
• 2 tsp black pepper
• 2 tsp coriander seeds
• 3 teaspoons of cumin seeds
• 1 teaspoon of caraway seeds

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 230°C.
   
   Cut the sweet potato in half lengthwise and cut each half into thirds. Place them on a baking sheet and toss with olive oil. Spread the sweet potato in a single layer. Mix together the spices, brown sugar, salt, and pepper and sprinkle over the sweet potato. Bake for 15 minutes, then toss with a spatula. Bake for another 5-10 minutes, until the sweet potato is golden brown.
2. Lightly salt and serve hot.
   
   

   Seasoning La Buat

   
   Place turmeric, basil, chili pepper, and mustard seeds in a bowl. Grind the black pepper and coriander seeds with a mortar and pestle or a clean coffee grinder and add them to the other spices.
   
   Grind the cumin and cumin in the same way as the pepper, add to the other spices and mix everything together.
   
   Note
   
   In this recipe, Ina replaced the brown sugar with 1 tablespoon of La Boite's custom-made spice blend.