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Sweet Potato Rounds with Herbed Ricotta and Walnuts

Sweet Potato Rounds with Herbed Ricotta, walnuts, cranberries, and honey are a winning appetizer for any occasion! This easy two-bite finger food is loaded with flavor and is so fun to make and share!

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I know what you’re thinking.

You want to fold these up like mini tacos and eat them for dinner.

“Appetizer, my foot!” you say. To which I respond: get out of my head. 

These sweet potato rounds go down so seamlessly when you fold them in half and snarf them in one bite. They’re just the dandiest little swanky root vegetable tacos.

Hey! I double dog dare us to make sweet potato round sandwiches out of these and wrap the whole thing  in bacon.

We’d do that, wouldn’t we? That’s so us.

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If you’re looking for a last-minute holiday appetizer or tasty finger food for any occasion, I’ve got you!

I was inspired to make this healthy appetizer recipe over the weekend because I had a partial tub of ricotta cheese that needed to find a home lest it get round filed.

I took one look at the ginormous sweet potato sitting on my counter, and the answer was immediately clear: ricotta-topped sweet potatoes.

Much to my delight, this ingenious idea resulted in the tastiest little appetizer nugget that happens to be perfect for holiday entertaining!

Let’s make them!

Ingredients for Sweet Potato Rounds:

Sweet Potato

Ricotta Cheese

Honey

Italian seasoning

Raw walnuts

Dried cranberries

Sea salt

Recipe Substitutions:

  • I use whole milk ricotta because it provides a nice rich creamy flavor, but you can also go with part skim ricotta.
  • If you prefer pure maple syrup over honey, feel free to make the swap!
  • Do you have fresh herbs on hand? Feel free to finely chop up fresh herbs and use them in place of dried Italian seasoning.
  • Swap the walnuts for pecans if you’d like!
  • To make this recipe vegan, use vegan ricotta and swap the honey for pure maple syrup, agave, or coconut nectar.

How to Make Sweet Potato Rounds:

These swanky root tacos…errr…sweet potato treats…are super easy to make.

Start by preheating the oven, then use a sharp knife to carefully slice up a huge sweet potato. You want the rounds to be about 1/4-inch thick.

Place the rounds on a baking sheet and lightly coat with cooking oil (I use avocado oil). Roast the slices in the oven!

While the sweet potatoes are baking, prepare the herbed ricotta spread. Simply stir all the ingredients for the ricotta in a bowl. Give it a taste test and add more sea salt or herbs if you’d like.

Once your taters are cooked through and through, you simply top them with the herbed ricotta and dried cranberries and serve.

Roasted Sweet Potato Rounds with Herbed Ricotta, Dried Cranberries, Walnuts, and Honey - an easy, healthy festive appetizer!

An optional fancy step is to put the rounds back in the oven after you top them with the ricotta spread and broil for a couple of minutes. This will make the ricotta nice and gooey and golden-brown.

Don’t forget to drizzle honey on top! It’s like dessert in the form of euphoria on top of divinity sprinkled with jubilation doused in love potion.

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And that’s it! Your ticket to a crowd-pleasing appetizer (slash dinner if you’re like me 😉 ) that wins every time! 

My sister is certifiably obsessed with these cheesy delights, and this is by far my most popular appetizer recipe on this site!

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If you make this recipe, feel free to share a photo on Instagram and tag @The.Roasted.Root!

If you love this recipe, also check out my Roasted Sweet Potato Rounds with Guacamole and Bacon and my Sweet Potato Rounds with Goat Cheese and Roasted Cranberries!

Sweet potato tacos for life!

Cheers!

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Sweet Potato Rounds with Herbed Ricotta and Walnuts

Sweet potato rounds with herbed ricotta is a healthy holiday appetizer or side dish.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
24 Servings

Ingredients

Herbed Ricotta:

For Serving:

Instructions

  • Add all of the ingredients for the herbed ricotta to a small bowl and stir well to combine. Refrigerate until ready to use.
  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Use a sharp knife to slice the sweet potatoes into 1/4-inch to 1/2-inch thick rounds.
  • Add the sweet potato slices to a large mixing bowl and drizzle with avocado oil. Sprinkle sea salt and ground cinnamon over rounds. Use your hands to rub the oil and seasoning on both sides of the sweet potato rounds. Arrange rounds on a large baking sheet (or two if necessary). Bake for 20 minutes. Flip the rounds, then bake for another 17 to 20 minutes, or until rounds are cooked through and crispy on the edges
  • Spread walnuts on a baking sheet. 8 to 10 minutes before the potato rounds are finished cooking, place the walnuts in the oven to roast.
  • Remove sweet potato rounds and walnuts from the oven. Place walnuts on a cutting board and chop.
  • Place oven on high broil setting and move the oven wrack second to the top shelf. Place a dollop of herbed ricotta on each sweet potato round and place in the oven for 2 minutes, just until ricotta is melty and warm.
  • Add chopped walnuts and dried cranberries to the rounds. Drizzle with honey and serve!

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Nutrition

Serving: 1sweet potato roundCalories: 59kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 2gFat: 3gFiber: 1gSugar: 5g
Course: Appetizers
Cuisine: American
Keyword: appetizer, finger food, gluten free, healthy recipes, holiday, holiday recipes, sweet potato, sweet potato rounds with herbed ricotta, walnuts
Servings: 24 Servings
Calories: 59kcal
Author: Julia

Sweet Potato Rounds with Herbed Ricotta, walnuts, cranberries, and honey are a winning appetizer for any occasion! This easy two-bite finger food is loaded with flavor and is so fun to make and share!

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Lisa

Thursday 14th of December 2023

This was a huge hit for Thanksgiving! Doubled the recipe and they were gobbled up. I used honey in the ricotta mix, and maple syrup drizzle. Had some fresh herbs on hand so used those in place of dry, and pecans instead of walnuts. Love love love and will make again.

Julia

Sunday 17th of December 2023

All of that sounds amazing! Thanks so much for sharing, Lisa! xo

Mallory

Sunday 19th of November 2023

Could I sub the walnuts for pecans?

Julia

Sunday 19th of November 2023

Absolutely! Pecans work great here :)

Lori

Saturday 11th of November 2023

I would love to try these but wondering how you cut the potatoes so that you get similar small sized disks...diameter speaking not thickness. Our sweet potatoes here are huge and would be approx 5 inches in diameter so too large to make nice little appetizer rounds. Thanks

Julia

Monday 13th of November 2023

Hi Lori! I typically buy longer rather than wider sweet potatoes in order to get a smaller diameter so that the rounds can be eaten easily as finger food. If all the sweet potatoes and yams in your area are very thick, you could try using purple sweet potatoes or white sweet potatoes if you can find ones that are thinner. Otherwise the recipe will still work using rounds that are larger in diameter - you would perhaps just want to eat them with a fork :)

Rochelle

Thursday 17th of March 2022

Not a fan of ricotta. What can I substitute it with?

Cindy

Saturday 29th of October 2022

@Rochelle, you can use tofu. Wrap tightly in good clean kitchen towel or lots of paper towels for as long as possible, I personally do this over night to remove as much liquid as possible. You can make a wonderful faux ricotta, use the seasonings add a pinch of good salt Celtic or Himalayan and a good squeeze of lemon. I don’t measure 😏 it’s all by taste for me but this variation is a great substitute 😉

Julia

Thursday 17th of March 2022

Ooh, that's a toughy. I've never tested the recipe using anything else and I'm not sure there's a like-replacement for ricotta. You could try cottage cheese or mozzarella, or really any cheese you enjoy. The texture will be different, but they should still be delicious!

Barry

Wednesday 18th of November 2020

Thanks!

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