Smoked Corn Cakes With Diablo Sauce Recipes

SALVADORIAN WHITE CORN CAKES WITH PORK, BEANS, AND CHEESE: PUPUSAS

Steps:

• In a standing mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, combine corn flour, water, and butter. Mix until incorporated into dough. Let dough rest for 1/2 hour.
• In a medium saute pan melt lard. Add onion and pork and cook until translucent, set aside and cool.
• Portion the dough in small balls, approximately 1 ounce, and flatten with hands. Place approximately 1 tablespoon of the pork stuffing on top of each flattened dough and sprinkle with cheese. Cover with another flattened disk of dough and seal edges by pinching them together.
• Cook in electric flat top or cast iron griddle for approximately 4 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Serve with refried beans.

SMOKED CORN CAKES WITH DIABLO SAUCE

Steps:

• To make sauce, heat oil in a heavy bottomed skillet until lightly smoking. Saute shallots and garlic until light brown. Add chilies, cumin, ginger, and red peppers. Stir about 30 seconds. Add mango and chicken stock. Simmer about 20 minutes. Puree and season with salt and lime juice. Sauce may be used hot or cold.
• For pancakes, shuck corn, remove silk, and cut kernels from cob. Place in smoker for 8 minutes. In a medium bowl, combine smoked corn, garlic, serrano chili, and bell peppers. In another bowl, mix cornmeal, flour, baking powder, and salt. Combine egg, milk, and bacon grease. Add vegetables to dry ingredients, then stir in egg mixture. Adjust seasoning with lemon juice. Fold to mix and let rest for 20 minutes. Adjust seasonings, if necessary.
• Place a large skillet over medium heat. Add just enough oil to coat bottom of skillet. When skillet is hot, pour corn batter, about 1/8 cup per corn cake. Cook on 1 side for about 1 1/2 minutes or until brown. Turn and cook until middles of cakes no longer appear wet. Remove cakes to warm platter and repeat to make 8 cakes. Place 2 cakes, edges overlapping on the center of each 4 warm plates. Spoon 2 tablespoons of Diablo Sauce around cakes and serve immediately.

SWEET AND SAVORY MENU: ROSEMARY CORN CAKES WITH PROSCIUTTO AND CHICKEN SAUSAGES WITH HOT AND SWEET PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat a griddle or nonstick skillet over medium heat.
• Prick sausages with a fork and place in a large skillet then add 1-inch of water to the pan. Add 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil to the pan then bring water up to a boil then reduce the heat to medium. Let the sausages cook until the liquid evaporates 10 minutes. Work on the corn cakes, see below. Move the sausages off to 1 side of the pan to allow the casings to crisp and brown. Add peppers to the other side of the pan, season with salt and pepper and let them cook until just tender. Add hot peppers to sweet peppers and combine and douse the pan with a splash of pepper juice, just before you serve them.
• For the cakes, combine muffin mix with egg and 2 tablespoons of the butter ¿ heat it in the microwave on high for 15 seconds, with the milk, rosemary, chopped prosciutto and a few grinds of black pepper. Rub the griddle with remaining butter nested in a paper towel to lightly coat the cooking surface. Form 6 small cakes, 2 to 3 inches and cook cakes until golden on each side, then repeat with remaining mixture.
• Serve sausages with peppers on top and the cakes alongside drizzled with honey.

LUCKY DEVILS DIABLO SAUCE

Steps:

• Roast the habanero and jalapeno peppers over an open flame until they are charred on the outside. Remove from the heat and cool slightly. Remove the stems and the seeds. Remove the stems and seeds from the pasilla pepper as well. Set aside.
• Place the tomatoes with their sauce into a large pot. Crush the tomatoes up more with your hands to break them up. Add the roasted habanero and jalapeno peppers, the pasilla chili paste, soy sauce, brown sugar, cayenne, ancho and California chili powders and paprika into the pot and bring to a low boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and cool it down. You can place it into the refrigerator. Once the sauce it cooled completely, add the cilantro and lime juice.
• Puree in a food processor or blender until it is smooth. You can adjust the levels of peppers and chili powders to make the sauce hotter or milder to your liking. We love it hot!

CORN CAKES WITH SMOKED CORN

Steps:

• Process the corn kernels in a food processor with the milk until chunky but somewhat creamy (about 30 seconds).
• In a mixing bowl combine the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, salt and pepper. Add the corn and mix well.
• In a separate bowl, combine the eggs, egg yolks and butter. Add the cornmeal mixture, mix thoroughly and stir in the chives.
• Heat one tablespoon clarified butter in a small non-stick skillet. Add a ladleful of batter and saute on both sides. Keep warm. There should be enough batter for three small pancakes a person. Use the rest of the butter as needed.
• To serve, arrange three pancakes on each plate and garnish with smoked corn relish, a dollop of creme fraiche and a spoonful of basil leaves on top of each pancake.