
How To Make Crispy Cheesy Cornmeal Cakes
These cornmeal cakes are loaded with Colby Jack cheese, coated with breadcrumbs, then fried into a crispy cake. Enjoy these with tomato sauce.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 6cupswater
- 2cupscornmeal
- â…“cupmilk
- 2tspsalt
- 1½cupsColby Jack cheese,grated
- ½cupflour
- 2eggs
- 1cupbread crumbs
- olive oil,for frying
- Parmesan cheese,grated
- 3tbspparsley,chopped
Instructions
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Add water to a heavy-bottomed pot, then add the cornmeal in soon after.
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Mix in the salt, milk and cheese.
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Stir the polenta (cornmeal mixture) until it starts to pull away from the side of the pot.
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Pour into a rectangular pan and cool in the fridge or freeze until it sets up firmly.
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Set up a dredging station of flour, egg, and breadcrumbs.
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Cut the cornmeal cakes to the desired size and thickness.
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Dredge into the flour, egg, then breadcrumbs and cook in a skillet with ¼ inch of canola oil until both sides are crispy.
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Serve with tomato sauce.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 381.08kcal
- Fat:Â 14.69g
- Saturated Fat:Â 6.33g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.00g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 5.92g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 1.51g
- Carbohydrates:Â 48.15g
- Fiber:Â 2.40g
- Sugar:Â 2.18g
- Protein:Â 12.99g
- Cholesterol:Â 64.52mg
- Sodium:Â 672.78mg
- Calcium:Â 221.68mg
- Potassium:Â 158.26mg
- Iron:Â 2.95mg
- Vitamin A: 97.53µg
- Vitamin C:Â 1.90mg
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