Sage Potato Cakes With Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Coulis
By: The Duo Dishes
Published: Friday, December 4, 2009 - 6:43pm

Ingredients




4 large red potatoes, cut into 8ths
1/4 cup milk
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
6 mediums leaves fresh sage, chopped
1/2 small yellow onion, finely minced
1 tablespoon kosher salt
2/3 cup panko crumbs
1 large red pepper
2 vine tomatoes, deseeded and chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
10 leaves fresh basil, torn
1 teaspoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon Tabasco
1/2 tablespoon olive oil
Grapeseed oil

Preparation

1 Set a large pot of water to boil with a sprinkling of salt. Once the water begins to boil, add the potatoes and cook until soft. Remove from the water and place in a medium bowl. 2 Slightly mash potatoes to break them up into pieces, then stir in butter, milk, sage, onions and 1/2 tablespoon of the salt. Set aside to cool a bit, then cover and chill at least 4 hours or overnight. 3 Lay the red pepper directly over a gas flame burner, turning throughout to cook all sides evenly. When all the sides have blackened, remove from the burner and place in a bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and set aside to cool completely.* 4 Once the pepper has cooled, peel away the skin, remove the seeds and roughly chop the flesh of the pepper. Toss into a food processor. Add the sliced tomatoes. Pulse a bit to break up the larger pieces. 5 Toss in the apple cider vinegar, garlic, brown sugar, Tabasco, basil, olive oil and remaining salt. Blend until smooth. Cover and set aside. 6 Take chilled mashed potatoes and shape into eight patties. Pour the panko crumbs onto a plate and press both sides of the mashed potato cakes into the panko crumbs. 7 Swirl a bit of grapeseed oil in a skillet, and when hot, add the potato cakes. Cook on one side until browned, approximately 2-3 minutes, then flip and cook the other side. 8 Serve the potato cakes with the coulis sauce. 9 If you do not have a gas burner, lay a piece of aluminum foil on the bottom rack of your oven. Set the pepper on the top rack and roast for 25-30 minutes, turning occasionally to darken all sides.

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