Roast sweet potatoes with rosemary and lemon recipe

Name: Roast sweet potatoes with rosemary and lemon
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 5 small sweet potatoes, scrubbed and cut into 5cm chunks; 1 tbsp olive oil; 2 rosemary sprigs, leaves roughly chopped; 1 tsp fennel seeds; 1 lemon, zested

Reinvent your roasties with this rosemary and lemon flavoured side dish. Sweet potatoes are a great alternative to classic potatoes, but still give that wonderfully crisp texture when roasted. Lemon zest adds a zingy twist, making these fluffy potatoes the ideal side for a roast dinner.

See method

Serves 6
10 mins to prepare and 45 mins to cook
98 calories / serving

Dairy-free
Vegan
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Healthy

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Tesco Large Sweet Potatoes Loose Class 1
Aldi Price Match
5 small sweet potatoes, scrubbed and cut into 5cm chunks
£0.42
£1.19/kg
Tesco Olive Oil 250Ml
1 tbsp olive oil
£3.10
£12.40/litre
Tesco Fresh Cut Rosemary 20G
Aldi Price Match
2 rosemary sprigs, leaves roughly chopped
£0.50
£25.00/kg
Tesco Fennel Seeds 36G
Any 4 for 3 Clubcard Price - Cheapest Product Free - Selected Cooking Ingredients
Offer valid for delivery from 29/09/2026 until 26/10/2026
1 tsp fennel seeds
£1.00
£27.78/kg
Tesco Lemons Each
1 lemon, zested
£0.37
£0.37/each

Method

Preheat the oven to gas 6, 200°C, fan 180°C. Put the potatoes in a roasting tin.
Add the oil, rosemary, fennel seeds and lemon zest, season and mix to coat the potatoes.
Roast for 45 mins, stirring once or twice, until tender and crisp.