Parmesan Sweet Potato Fries with Horseradish Sauce ♥

Today's vegetable recipe: Homemade sweet potato fries. Wedges of fresh sweet potato dusted with chili powder and grated Parmesan, then roasted.

OH MY. If you've not found Superbowl 'endzone appetizers' yet, grab some sweet potatoes and turn on the oven. These disappear in minutes and taste great with a beer. There's just enough spice, just enough sweet (from the sweet potatoes, my favorite variety, Red Garnet) and just enough oven time that they almost melt.

NUTRITION NOTES Not that sweet potato fries are, ahem, diet food, especially dipped in a dusky horseradish sauce, but I was able to really limit the fat. By melting the bacon grease, then using my hands to distribute it among the pieces of sweet potato -- it just went further and thus the recipe maintains my standard fat:vegetable ration, 1T:1lb.

PARMESAN SWEET POTATO FRIES with HORSERADISH SAUCE

Hands-on time: 15 minutes
Time to table: 1 hour
Serves 4

1 pound sweet potatoes, peeled, cut into wedges
1 tablespoon bacon grease, melted (or butter or olive oil)
1 teaspoon chili powder
Grated Parmesan, about 1 1/2 ounces
Salt to taste

Preheat oven to 425F. With your hands, toss sweet potatoes in the fat, rubbing each surface. (You can switch to a spatula now, if you wish.) Toss in the chili powder, Parmesan and salt. Arrange on a rimmed baking sheet, roast for 15 minutes. Turn over. Roast for another 15 - 30 minutes, turning occasionally, until cooked through and slightly crispy on the outside. If you like, put under the broiler for 2 - 3 minutes to crisp up a bit. (But do know these are more like 'limp' than 'stiff' fries.)

HORSERADISH SAUCE
1 cup crème fraîche (how to make homemade crème fraîche) or sour cream
1 tablespoon horseradish
2 teaspoons Sherry wine vinegar (I used a gorgeous port vinegar from O Olive Oil)

Mix!

NUTRITION ESTIMATE
(Sweet Potatoes Only) Per Serving: 164 Cal (35% from Fat, 14% from Protein, 50% from Carb); 6 g Protein; 6 g Tot Fat; 3 g Sat Fat; 2 g Mono Fat; 21 g Carb; 4 g Fiber; NetCarb17; 5 g Sugar; 154 mg Calcium; 1 mg Iron; 791 mg Sodium; 13 mg Cholesterol; Weight Watchers 3 points

(Horseradish Sauce Only) Per two tablespoons: 83 Cal (90% from Fat, 4% from Protein, 6% from Carb); 1 g Protein; 9 g Tot Fat; 5 g Sat Fat; 2 g Mono Fat; 1 g Carb; 0 g Fiber; NetCarb1; 0 g Sugar; 27 mg Calcium; 0 mg Iron; 19 mg Sodium; 27 mg Cholesterol; Weight Watchers 1 point

KITCHEN NOTES
Raw, peeled sweet potatoes brown when exposed to air so be sure to move quickly once they're peeled.

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