Yucca (Cassava) Pancakes

Submitted by fluffernutter

"This tropical side dish mixes, cooks and tastes a lot like potato pancakes, but made with that starchy tropical vegetable called yuca (pronounced voo-ca). Looks like a brown club. Use a sharp paring knife or a really high quality, fixed blade peeler to peel it (a Wusthof-Trident peeler makes short work of it). The original called for 3 tablespoons sugar, but we like our cakes salty and greasy, so we omitted the sugar. The recipe is from False Tongues and Sunday Bread, a Guatemalan and Mayan Cookbook by Copeland Marks."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 12-14 cakes

ingredients

• 2 lbs yucca root, peeled, grated (cassava)
• 1⁄2 1/2 cup ricotta cheese or 1/2 cup farmer cheese
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons sugar (optional)
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1⁄4 cup corn oil or 1/4 cup vegetable oil

directions

1. Combine all ingredients except oil.
2. Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat. Spoon in a couple of tablespoons batter and smooth into a 3-inch to 4-inch cake about 1/2-inch thick.
3. Brown on both sides, then drain on paper towels. Serve warm.