Recipe - Ancho Corn Cakes

2 Anchos(use 2 to 4)
One half cup All purpose flour
One half cup Yellow corn meal
One half teaspoon Baking powder
Three fourths teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Oregano, crush dry
Three fourths cup Milk
One fourth cup Butter ; melted
1 Egg
1 cup Corn kernels
Oil
Sour cream

1. Place anchos in small saucepan and cover with water. Bring to boil,
remove from heat, cover and let stand 10 minutes. Drain, When cool enough
to handle, remove skin, stems and seeds, then finely dice. Set aside . 2.
In bowl, combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder, salt and oregano. In
separate bowl, mix milk with melted butter and egg. Stir into flour
mixture. Fold in corn and anchos. . 3. Ladle batter onto hot, lightly oiled
griddle to make 3 inch cakes. Cook over mediumhigh heat 2 minutes on each
side or until golden. Transfer to plate and keep warm. Repeat with
remaining batter. Serve warm with sour cream and salsa. Makes 4 servings

From "Totally Chile Pepper Cookbook" by Helene Siegal and Karen
Gillingham. Printed in Newsday (Long Island Newspaper). Taking The Heat off
Chiles by Wendy Lin, June 4, 1997, Food and Dining section.

Posted to MMRecipes Digest V4 #158 by stut@liii.com (Stu) on Jun 7, 1997