This recipe was adapted from my cookbook Eating for Pleasure, People & Planet. Originally it was for Chorizo Spiced Roast Potatoes, however, when in Rome, or errr Tuscany, eat nduja. Nduja is an incredible spiced sausage or pate, here I’ve used the spices to create a vegan spice mix to flavour the potatoes, Jerusalem artichokes and apples. The recipe will still be delicious without Calabrian chilli peppers, however, they are what gives the dish the taste of nduja, so it is worth seeking them out. Seggiano and Ocado both sell it online.
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Preheat the oven to 180C/350oF/Gas Mark 4.
Place the red pepper, new potatoes and Jerusalem artichokes, if using, in a roasting tray. Drizzle with a good glug of oil, sprinkle generously with salt and scatter with the paprika. Toss well to make sure everything is coated in the flavourings and roast in the oven for 45 minutes.
Remove the red pepper from the oven and remove the stalk. Blend with the Calabrian hot red peppers, miso and vinegar. Add the apple wedges to the roasting tin and then the hot sauce. Toss together and return to the oven. Roast until everything is crispy and cooked through, about 10–20 minutes.
Serve simply as they are or scatter with parsley and splatter with mayonnaise for extra unctuousness.
By TOM HUNT
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