Potato Hot Cakes With Cheddar Cream And Salsa Verde Food

POTATO HOT CAKES WITH CHEDDAR CREAM AND SALSA VERDE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450 degrees.
• Arrange potatoes, cut side down, on a large parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake for 35 minutes or until crisp and golden-brown on the outside and soft inside; cooking time will vary depending on the size of your potatoes, but you want the flesh to be soft enough to mash.
• Make the Cheddar cream: In a small bowl, combine Cheddar and sour cream. Add freshly ground black pepper to taste.
• Make the salsa: In a bowl, mix the herbs, capers and garlic with about 1/3 cup/60 milliliters of oil and a generous pinch of salt.
• Once the potatoes are cool enough to handle (about 15 minutes), peel away and discard (or eat) the skins, being careful not to lose too much flesh. Use a potato masher to mash the flesh until smooth or chunky, as you like. Transfer about 1 1/4 cups/230 grams of the mashed potatoes to a mixing bowl. (Save any extra mash for another use.)
• Add lemon zest, beaten eggs, 1/4 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of black pepper and mix until eggs are completely incorporated. Your batter will look like glossy, runny mashed potato.
• Fry the hot cakes: Add 2 tablespoons of oil to a large nonstick frying pan and place over medium-high heat. Spoon about 1/4 cup of batter per hot cake into the pan and fry for 4 to 5 minutes, turning over once, until crisp and golden on both sides. Set aside on a paper towel-lined plate and keep warm. If you have more batter, add a final tablespoon of oil to the pan and fry the remainder in the same way. You may want to turn the heat down for the second batch if the oil is getting too hot.
• When ready to serve, fry the eggs in the same pan, using additional oil if necessary.
• Stir lemon juice into salsa. Divide the hot cakes between plates and top with the eggs, the Cheddar cream and then salsa verde; the salsa should cover a bit of the cream but not all of it. Sprinkle with the mustard seeds (if using) and serve.

EASY CHEESY SALSA POTATOES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 13x9-inch (3-quart) baking dish or pan. In large bowl, mix cheese, salsa, onion, sour cream, soup and pepper. Add potatoes; mix well. Spread in baking dish.
• In small bowl, mix bread crumbs and melted butter. Sprinkle over potatoes.
• Bake 45 to 60 minutes or until cheese is melted and potatoes are tender.

SMASHED POTATO-CHEDDAR CAKES WITH WARM CRAN-APPLE SAUCE

Steps:

• Place apples, lemon juice, cider, sugar and cinnamon in a medium pot over medium high heat and cook down into a thick sauce, stirring occasionally, 15 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in cranberry sauce to warm through and combine.
• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat.
• Place potatoes and water or milk in a bowl and cover with plastic. Microwave 2 minutes on high to slightly reheat and loosen potatoes. Stir them up with the liquid to make them workable again. Combine cheese, scallions and nutmeg with potatoes and adjust salt and pepper.
• Add a drizzle of vegetable oil and a pat of butter to your preheated skillet then score the potatoes and cheese mixture in half. Using the first half of the potatoes, make 6 (3-inch across and 1/2-inch thick) potato cakes and space them evenly around the pan. Cook the cakes until golden all over, 3 minutes per side, then remove and garnish with paprika, if using, and repeat with remaining ingredients.
• Serve potato-cheddar cakes with warm cran-apple sauce for topping.

STUFFED SALSA VERDE POTATOES WITH LEFTOVER TURKEY

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Prick potatoes several times with a fork and place onto a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until potatoes are easily pierced with a fork, 50 minutes to 1 hour. Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly; leave oven on.
• Mix turkey, salsa, and chile pepper together in a bowl.
• Make a slice in the top of each potato and scoop out the inside. Place in a bowl and mash. Add turkey-salsa mixture, sour cream, cream cheese, butter, salt, and pepper; mix to desired consistency. Fill potatoes with mixture and sprinkle Mexican cheese on top.
• Return to the oven and bake until heated through, about 15 minutes.

CHEDDAR POTATO CAKES

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together.
• Place spoonfuls of potato mixture in greased fry pan.
• Cook on medium/medium high heat for approximately 5 minutes or until bottom of cakes are golden brown.
• Flip, mash down with spatula and cook for another 5 minutes or until golden brown.

MINI POTATO CORN CAKES WITH CHEDDAR & SOUR CREAM

Steps:

• Mix potato flakes, corn meal, garlic salt and cayenne in medium bowl. Reserve 2 tablespoons green onion for garnish. Blend in remaining onions, milk, cheese and corn.
• Scoop into sixty 1-inch balls, gently flattening into 1 1/2-inch patties. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Spray with no-stick cooking spray. Pan fry patties until golden brown on both sides.
• Serve warm with a tiny dollop of sour cream and a few slices of green onion on each, if desired.