Black Bean Cakes With Fried Eggs And Avocado Crema Recipes

BLACK BEAN CAKES (ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA)

Steps:

• Prepare the salsa:
• Halve the tomatoes and the chile pepper, and roughly chop the onions. Place them on a baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil.
• Place in a hot oven (mine was set to 500 degrees).
• Roast until the vegetables are a nice brown color. Don't overcook (keep checking until they are done).
• Now put the vegetables in a pot with just enough water to cover. Boil for 5 minutes.
• Transfer to a blender and puree until smooth, then return to the pot and cook over medium high heat until salsa has reduced to a thick sauce-like consistency.
• Prepare the cilantro yogurt:.
• Mix the yogurt with the cilantro and lemon juice and set aside.
• Prepare the bean cakes:.
• Rinse the beans and then put them in a food processor with the onion, cumin, jalapeno and about a tablespoon of water. Process until you have a nice paste.
• Make small cakes using 2 tbsp of bean mixture each. Fry each cake in olive oil for about three minutes on each side, or until crispy brown.
• Remove from heat and keep warm.
• To serve, top with salsa and cilantro yogurt.

BLACK BEAN CAKES

Steps:

• Place half the rinsed beans in a blender or food processor with the broth and puree into a paste. Add more liquid if needed. Mix together the bean paste with the reserved whole beans in a mixing bowl.
• In a nonstick skillet, add the teaspoon of oil (or chorizo) onions, garlic, red pepper and jalapeno and cook for 3 or 4 minutes. Add the cumin and chili powder and continue to cook another minute. Remove from heat and let cool a bit.
• Combine the sauteed vegetables with the beans. Add the egg white, cornmeal, lime juice, cilantro. Let stand for 5-8 minutes to begin softening the cornmeal and allow the flavors to combine.
• Form the mix into eight equal sized cakes.
• Spray a non-stick skillet over medium high heat with cooking spray. Add the bean cakes to the skillet and cook until browned, just a minute or so on each side.
• Combine the salsa with the yogurt and sour cream.
• Serve the bean cakes with a dollop of the dairy/salsa topping and garnish with additional cilantro if desired.

CRISPY BLACK BEAN CAKE WITH AVOCADO LIME CREMA

Steps:

• Place 1 tbsp olive oil in saucepan. Add the onions and garlic and saute until soft. Add the cumin and cayenne. Place the onion mixture in a food processor. Add 1 and 1/2 cup of beans and and process until smooth. Remove from food processor and stir in the plain dry breadcrumbs, the remaining beans, salt and pepper. Shape into 6 patties.
• Get 3 shallow dishes. In one place the flour, the other place the eggs and beat them. In the third place the Panko. Place the 2 tbsp olive oil in large skillet. Dredge each bean cake in flour, then egg, then panko. Fry each one until crispy.
• To make the crema. Peel the avocado and place it in a food processor with lime juice and cilantro. Process for a few seconds. Add the crema and process until mixed well.
• Serve the crema over the bean cake and garnish with cilantro