Sweet Potato & Spinach Bake - Ainsley Harriott

Ingredients

• 25g butter, plus extra for greasing
• 300ml double cream
• 2 garlic cloves: 1 whole and 1 crushed
• 2 thyme sprigs, plus 1 tsp chopped leaves
• nutmeg, for grating
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 spring onions, chopped
• 400g (about 1 large bag) fresh spinach
• 1kg sweet potato, peeled and sliced into 5mm thick slices
• 25g cheese (Cheddar or Parmesan or a vegetarian equivalent), grated
• ½ tsp ground allspice
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste