Mini Potato Corn Cakes With Cheddar Sour Cream Food

CHEDDAR-POTATO CORN CAKES

Steps:

• In large bowl, mix all ingredients except oil until well blended.
• In 12-inch nonstick skillet or griddle, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over medium-high heat. For each corn cake, spoon 1/4 cup batter onto hot skillet; spread to 3 inches in diameter. Cook 4 to 6 minutes, turning once, until browned. Add remaining oil as needed. Serve warm.

POTATO-CORN CAKES

Steps:

• In a 5- to 6-quart pan over high heat, bring about 4 quarts water to a boil. Add whole potatoes and cook until tender when pierced, 20 to 30 minutes. Drain and rinse in cold water until cool enough to handle; peel and grate (or press through a food mill or ricer).
• In a large bowl, mix potatoes, corn, cheddar cheese, cottage cheese, eggs, onions, cilantro, jalapeños, cornmeal, cumin, salt, and pepper until well blended.
• Pour 1 teaspoon oil into a 10- to 12-inch nonstick frying pan over medium-high heat; when hot, drop batter into pan in about 1/3-cup portions, and use a spoon to spread slightly into 3- to 4-inch cakes. Cook, turning once with a spatula, until cakes are browned on both sides and firm to the touch in the center, about 6 minutes total. Transfer to an ovenproof plate and keep warm in a 200° oven while you cook remaining cakes, adding more oil to pan as necessary.

CHEDDAR POTATO CORN CAKES

Steps:

• In large bowl, mix all ingredients except oil until well blended.
• On nonstick griddle or skillet, heat 1 to 2 tablespoons oil over medium-high heat (375°F). For each corn cake, pour 2 tablespoons batter onto hot griddle. Cook 4 to 6 minutes, turning once, until golden brown. Repeat with remaining batter, adding remaining oil as needed. Serve warm.

SOUTHWESTERN MINI CORN CAKE APPETIZERS

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine corn, bell pepper, parsley and green onion.
• Stir in the pancake batter, salt and pepper.
• Heat a non-stick skillet over medium heat and brush pan with butter.
• Add heaping tablespoons of batter, cook until golden brown on each side. Remove and place in warm over while cooking rest of batter.
• Serve warm with small dollop of sour cream and garnish with chive.

SOUTHERN CREAMED CORN CAKES (LOW-FAT)

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together.
• Spray hot griddle with non-stick cooking spray.
• Spoon batter onto griddle as you would pancakes, leaving enough room so they will not run together.
• Cook on medium-high temperature for 2-3 minutes per side, or until browned on each side.
• Serve hot.

CORN AND POTATO CAKES

Steps:

• Peel the potatoes, grate them coarse, and squeeze them with the bell pepper between several thicknesses of paper towels to remove any excess moisture. In a bowl toss together the potato and pepper mixture, the corn, the scallions, the cumin, the flour, and salt and pepper to taste.
• In a non-stick skillet measuring 6 inches across the bottom heat 1/2 tablespoon of the butter over moderate heat until the foam subsides, add 3/4 cup of the corn mixture, tamping it down with a spatula, and cook the corn and potato cake for 6 minutes, or until the underside is golden and crisp, slide it onto a plate, and keep it warm, covered. Make 3 more corn and potato cakes in the same manner with the remaining batter and corn mixture. Spread 2 of the cakes with the sour cream, arrange the remaining cakes on the sour cream, and cut the corn and potato cakes into wedges.

MINI CORN CAKES

Steps:

• In 12-inch nonstick skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add onions, celery and bell pepper; cook 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• In medium bowl, stir vegetable mixture and remaining ingredients except oil and sour cream until well blended.
• In same skillet, heat 2 teaspoons of the oil over medium heat. Cooking 8 corn cakes at a time, drop corn mixture into oil by tablespoonfuls, spreading each into 1 1/2-inch round. Cook 1 minute to 1 minute 30 seconds on each side, carefully turning once, until golden brown. Cook remaining corn cakes, using 2 teaspoons oil for each batch of 8 corn cakes. Serve with sour cream.

MEXICAN POTATO CORN CAKES

Steps:

• Boil 2 quarts water and add sliced potatoes. Boil 15 minutes. Remove with slotted spoon and put potatoes through ricer. Add 1/4 cup milk to potatoes and mix well. Should make about 2 cups mashed potatoes.
• In large bowl, combine mashed potatoes, corn, chiles, cheese, flour, corn meal, seasoned salt, oregano, garlic powder and pepper. Mix well. Beat egg with 1/4 cup milk, add and mix well.
• Heat non-stick skillet over medium low heat. Drop in 2 teaspoons butter. In batches, drop potato mixture onto skillet, 1/4 cup at a time, four times per batch. Carefully form into 3-inch rounds. Cook about 7-8 minutes, until golden brown, turning once.
• Repeat 3 times. Place finished cakes onto cookie sheet and keep warm in 225 degree Fahrenheit oven. Serve with hot sauce on the side, if desired.