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Sweet potato
A large-size sweet potato, with melting orange flesh.
Sweet potato has coppery skin and orange flesh, dense and sweet. It becomes melting when cooked and develops notes of chestnut and caramel. Versatile, it is roasted, puréed or turned into a velouté, deep-fried or baked whole.
- Origins
Egypt, Honduras, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Guatemala- Availability
- All year round
- Precision
- size XL
- Flavour
- Sweet, melting, chestnut note
In the kitchen
- Roasted whole in the oven, with salted butter
- As chips or a spiced purée
- In a velouté with coconut milk
Origins, sizes and packaging vary with the seasons: our sales team will confirm current availability.
Seasons and origins
- Early season
- Peak season
- Late season
- Available but scarce
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Indicative calendar based on our sales over the last two years. Our sales team will confirm current availability.
Packaging
- CaseEgypt
- Box 6 kgEgypt, Portugal, Honduras, Spain, Guatemala
- Loose 6 kgSouth Africa, Honduras
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