These Spicy Potato Patties with creamy cheese sauce is so delicious, packed with mushrooms, sweetcorn, jalapeños and spices.Topped with a creamy cheese sauce is the absolute crowning glory for this recipe.
2large potatoes / 1 kg potatoes / 1 pound potatoes
½cup/ 80g all purpose OR cake flour
¼cup/ 25g cornflour / cornstarch
Salt and pepper to taste
FOR THE FILLING
2Tablespoons/ 30ml oil
2cups/ 250g mushroomssliced
1onionchopped
1bell pepper or jalapeño diced
2clovesof garlicminced
½cup/ 90g fresh or frozen sweetcorn
¼teaspoonchili or cayenne pepper
¼teaspoondried mixed herbs
salt & pepper to taste
FOR THE CHEESE SAUCE
1cup/ 250 ml fresh / heavy whipping cream
2cupsfreshly grated cheese
¼teaspoonchili powder
1tablespooncornstarch
Instructions
POTATOES
Peel the potatoes and cut into small pieces. Cook in salted water for about 20 minutes.
Season with salt, pepper, and mash them with a potato masher. Allow the mashed potatoes to cool then add the flour and cornstarch and mix well.
FOR THE FILLING
While the potatoes are boiling, you can get started with the filling
Pour the oil into a large pan and turn the heat on to medium.
Add in the chopped onion, chopped jalapeños, mushrooms, crushed garlic and sweetcorn to the pan. Stir in chilli powder or cayenne pepper, dried mixed herbs and freshly ground black pepper and cook for 10 minutes until the vegetables are tender and cooked.
COMBINING
Empty out the mashed potatoes into the pan with the cooked vegetables and combine them well together. Rub a little oil on the palms of your hands ( this will help the mixture from sticking to your hands ) and shape the mixture into potato patties
Do not press them out too flat, or they may break while frying. Press it out to about 1cm thick
FRYING
Heat a tablespoon of oil in a non stick heavy based pan on medium heat. See note 1
Cook the potato patties until golden brown, for about 4 minutes on each side. Remember that everything in the potato patties is already cooked, you just want to get it to a crispy golden brown. The outside will be crisp and inside will be soft.
Be as gentle as possible when flipping the patties, you do not want to break them. When browned, transfer the patties to a pan lined with paper towel, and keep aside while you make the cheese sauce.
CHEESE SAUCE
Heat a pan on medium heat and add cream
As the cream begins to get warm, add cheese,chili powder, garlic and corn starch
Whisk for 4 to 5 minutes until thick and creamy
Serve as preferred with the cooked potato cakes.
Notes
1.I use a heavy based cast iron pan and using paper towel, I just wipe the pan with a little oil. If you are comfortable knowing that the pan you are using is non stick, then try using as little oil as possible.