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Sweet Corn Cakes with Poached Eggs & Salsa Printer Friendly Copy
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Serves 4 Prep  30 mins Cooking 30 mins Easy  
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Ingredients

460g roasted red peppers, chopped
1 shallot finely diced
1 small handful parsley, finely chopped
juice 1 lime


For the sweet corn cakes
300g cottage cheese
3 large eggs
340g frozen sweet corn, cooked
300g plain flour
½ tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp cumin 
½ tsp Bicarbonate of soda,
Sunflower oil for frying
To serve
4 eggs
2 avocados, peeled & sliced
80g bag salad leaves
2 limes, quartered




  1. First, make the salsa by mixing together all the ingredients. Season and put in the fridge while you make the sweet corn cakes.  . 

  2. For the cakes, put the cottage cheese and eggs in a large mixing bowl, whisk together until smooth, then stir in the sweet corn, and parsley. Fold the flour, spices and bicarbonate into the batter and season.

  3. Heat 1 tsp sunflower oil in a non-stick frying pan. When the oil is hot, spoon 3 tbsp of the batter mixture into the pan for each cake – you should be able to cook 3 cakes at a time. Fry for 3-4 mins until golden brown on the underside, then flip over and cook for another 3-4 mins or until golden and cooked through. Repeat until all the batter is used up, putting the cooked cakes in a low oven to keep warm while you fry each batch.

  4. Bring a large pan of water to the boil, then turn down until barely boiling. Crack one egg at a time into a small bowl, then gently slide into the water. Cook the eggs for about 4 mins until the whites are firm but the yolks are still runny, then remove from the water with a slotted spoon.

  5. To serve, divide the cakes between 4 plates, then top each stack with some slices of avocado and a poached egg. Season the eggs with black pepper, then scatter over the salad leaves. Serve with the salsa and lime wedges on the side.

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