Sweet Potato Pancakes topped with Creamy Mushroom Ragout
- 3 each sweet potatoes, or yams about 2 pounds, pricked all over with a fork
- 113 cups bread crumbs panko
- 1/2 cup walnuts chopped and toasted
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar light
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg ground, mace
- 1 large eggs beaten
- 1 x salt and black pepper freshly ground pepper
- 1/2 cup flour, all-purpose
- 1/2 cup olive oil divided
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 4 each shallots finely chopped
- 1 1/2 pounds mushrooms mixed (such as chanterelle, shiitake, oyster and cremini), stemmed and halved or quartered
- 2 tablespoons sage chopped and divided
- 3/4 cup cream heavy
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sherry vinegar
- Preheat oven to 425F (220C).
- Place the sweet potatoes on a foil-lined baking sheet and roast, turning occasionally, until soft, about 45 minutes.
- When cool enough to handle, remove and discard the peels and mash the potato flesh in a large bowl until just chunky.
- Add the bread crumbs, walnuts, sugar, nutmeg, egg, 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper until thoroughly combined.
- Put the flour in a wide, shallow dish.
- Using floured hands, form sweet potato mixture into 12 3-inch patties.
- (Each patty will use a scant one-third cup of the sweet potato mixture.
- Make smaller patties, if you like.)
- Coat each in flour, shaking off any excess, and transfer to a baking sheet.
- Heat one-fourth cup of the oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Working in batches, fry the patties, turning once, until deep golden brown all over, 8 to 9 minutes total.
- Transfer the fried patties to a paper towel-lined baking sheet to drain.
- Add additional oil, as needed, to the pan so the patties do not stick as they fry.
- Set aside when done.
- Clean out and return the skillet to stove.
- Melt the butter in the skillet over medium-high heat or olive oil, then add the shallots with one-fourth teaspoon salt and a pinch of pepper.
- and cook, stirring often, until softened, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in the mushrooms and 1 tablespoon of the sage and cook, stirring often, until the mushrooms have softened to tenderness and most of the liquid has been absorbed, about 10 minutes.
- Stir in the cream and simmer, stirring often, until just thickened, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Remove the skillet from heat and stir in vinegar and season additionally to taste.
- (Recipe can be prepared to this point up to 24 hours in advance and kept, covered tightly, in the refrigerator.)
- Bring the sweet potato cakes to room temperature and heat the ragout.
- Serve the sweet potato cakes with the hot mushroom ragout spooned over the top.
- Garnish with remaining 1 tablespoon sage and serve.
sweet potatoes, bread crumbs panko, walnuts, brown sugar, nutmeg ground, eggs, salt, flour, olive oil, butter, shallots, mushrooms, sage, cream heavy, sherry vinegar
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/sweet-potato-pancakes-topped-cr-51313 (may not work)