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This mountain dish from Ecuador can be served as a first course or as an [[Accompaniment|accompaniment]]. These are very moorish!
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|TotalCalories = 2388
|PortionCalories = 398
|DatePublished=23rd October 2012
|Author=JuliaBalbilla
|ImageComment = Llapingachos, served with tuna
|Servings = Serves 6
|Difficulty = 2
|TotalTime = 1 hour
|PrepTime = 30 minutes
|CookTime = 30 minutes
|Image = [[Image:Llapingachos (Potato cakes) recipe.jpg|middle|none|alt=Electus]]

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====Best recipe review====

''Even better than cheesy chip''

5/5

Much better IMHO

 [[User:PSmith|Paul R Smith]] 
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{{RecipeIngredients
| 900g [[Potatoes|potatoes]], peeled and sliced
| [[Salt]]
| 60g [[Butter|butter]]
| 2 medium [[Onions|onions]], finely chopped
| 225g [[Cheddar cheese]], [[Grated|grated]]
| [[Yellow cornmeal]] for dusting
| [[Oil]], [[Butter|butter]] or [[annatto oil]], for [[Frying|frying]]
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===Method===

{{RecipeMethod
| [[Boil]] the [[Potatoes|potatoes]] in salted water until soft.
| Drain and [[Mash|mash]].
| Heat the [[Butter|butter]] and sauté the [[Onions|onions]].
| Add the [[Onions|onions]] to the [[Mashed potatoes|mashed potatoes]] and mix well.
| Shape the [[Potatoes|potatoes]] into 12 balls.
| Divide the [[Cheese|cheese]] into 12 parts and stuff each of the [[Potato|potato]] balls with the cheese, flattening them as you do so into [[Cakes|cakes]] or patties about 2.5cm thick.
| Roll them in a plate of yellow cornmeal
| Chill in the [[Refrigerator|refrigerator]] for about 15 minutes.
| In enough [[Butter|butter]] or [[Oil|oil]] to cover the bottom of a [[Frying pan|frying pan]], sauté the [[Potato cakes|potato cakes]] until they are golden [[Brown|brown]] on both sides.
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Image:Llapingachos (Potato cakes) fried.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Llapingachos, fried
Image:Llapingachos (Potato cakes) rolled in cornmeal.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Llapingachos, rolled in [[yellow cornmeal]], ready to [[fry]] They are this colour because I fried off the [[onions]] in [[oil]] coloured with [[annatto powder]]
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===Serving suggestions===
Serve as a first course with [[Lettuce|lettuce]] and slices of [[Avocado|avocado]] and [[Tomato|tomato]].

Serve as part of a [[Main course|main course]] with [[Fried|fried]] slices of [[Fish|fish]] such as [[Bass|bass]] with [[Rice|rice]] and [[Salad|salad]].
===Variations===
The [[Cheese|cheese]] can be mixed with the [[Mashed potatoes|mashed potatoes]] rather than used as a [[Stuffing|stuffing]].
===Chef's notes===
If you don't have [[annatto oil]] you can always [[blend]] a big pinch of [[annatto seeds]] and add the powder to the oil before frying. It certainly gives them a nice colour.

I rolled mine in a little [[yellow cornmeal]] because I love the finish it gives to fried potatoes.
''[[Annatto seeds]] are used as colouring cheeses such as [[Cheddar]], [[Red Leicester]] etc.''
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[[Category:Recipes|Potato cakes]]
[[Category:Ecuadorian recipes|Potato cakes]]
[[Category:Accompaniments|Potato cakes]]
[[Category:Starters|Potato cakes]]
[[Category:Vegetarian recipes|Potato cakes]]
[[Category:Cheese recipes|Potato cakes]]
[[Category:Vegetable recipes|Potato cakes]]
[[Category:Favourite recipes|Potato cakes]]
[[Category:Pan fried]]
[[Category:Unusual recipes]]

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