Sweetcorn Hot Cakes with Chilli & Lime Crème Fraîche
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Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 15-20 mins
We love a hotcake any time of year, but when autumn gives us sweetcorn, we’re all but falling over ourselves to whisk it off to the kitchen to whip up these seasonal favourites. They’re topped with cool crème fraîche, perked up with a bit of lime and chilli for quick, kicky autumnal eating.
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940 kcal
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Ingredients you'll need
  • 150g plain flour
  • 2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 sweetcorn cobs
  • 1 red onion
  • 1 chilli
  • 1 lime
  • 200ml crème fraîche
  • 50g rocket
From your kitchen
  • Sea salt
  • 150ml cold water
  • 1½ tbsp olive or coconut oil
You'll need
  • Measuring jug
  • Frying pan
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Tip the flour into a large bowl. Add 2 tsp smoked paprika, 1 tsp ground cumin and a large pinch of salt. Whisk with a fork to mix. Crack the eggs into a small bowl and whisk together to combine, then pour them into the flour. Add 150ml cold water and stir to make a smooth batter. Set aside.

  • 2.

    Pull the silks and threads off the sweetcorn cobs, then slice a sliver off the bases so they stand upright on your chopping board. Run your knife down the cobs to slice off the sweetcorn kernels. Peel and finely chop the red onion. Add the veg to the batter and stir to mix.

  • 3.

    Set your oven to its lowest heat and pop in a heatproof plate or dish to warm. Set a large frying pan on a medium, then add ½ tbsp oil. Swirl the oil round the pan to coat it, then drop in 4 heaped tbsp of the batter to make 4 hot cakes. Fry for 2-3 mins, till the underneath is browned and set. Flip them over and fry for another 2-3 mins.

  • 4.

    Slide the cooked hot cakes onto the warm plate or dish and keep warm in the oven. Add another ½ tbsp oil to the pan and add another 4 spoonfuls of batter. Keep doing this till all the batter is used up – you should end up with 12 hot cakes in total.

  • 5.

    While the hot cakes cook, halve the chilli and scoop out the seeds and white pith. Finely chop the chilli and scoop into a bowl. Finely grate in the lime zest and squeeze in the juice from half the lime. Add the crème fraîche and a pinch of salt and stir to mix.

  • 6.

    When the hot cakes are cooked, pile them up on 2 warm plates. Add a handful of rocket to each plate and a few spoonfuls of the crème fraîche. Serve with the remaining lime half sliced into wedges for squeezing.

  • Tip

    Love your leftovers
    If you don't eat all your hot cakes at dinner, you can keep them stored in an airtight tub in the fridge for 2-3 days. Leftover crème fraîche will also keep in the fridge (in a separate tub). You can warm the pancakes up in a microwave or fry in a little oil to reheat. Serve with the crème fraîche and a fried egg for a speedy breakfast.

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