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Black bean cake

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Ingredients:
1 tbspAncho Chile Powder
1 tbspGround Cumin
1 smallHot Green Chile, stemmed
-seeded and finely chopped
1/2 cupCilantro Leaves, coarsely
-chopped
3/4 tspSalt
1/2 cupSour Cream
1 tbspMilk
1/4 cupRendered Duck Fat, Lard or
-Olive Oil
1/4 cupSalsa
24 Sprigs Cilantro, washed and
-spun dry
COOKED BLACK BEANS
1/2 lbsBlack Turtle Beans
1/2 Onion, chopped
1/2 Carrot, peeled and chopped
1 smallStalk Celery, chopped
3 Cloves Garlic
1/2 tspThyme
1 Bay Leaf
1 Ham Bone
1 1/2 quartChicken Stock
Procedures:
1Rinse and sort the beans.
2Soak overnight in cold water; drain.
3Put bans in a large heavy pot, add the onion, carrot, celery, garlic, thyme, bay leaf, ham bone and chicken stock.
4Bring to a boil and skim off any scum that rises to the surface.
5Simmer slowly, loosely covered, until the beans are tender, about 2 hours.
6Add more stock if the level falls below the surface of the beans, and stir often to prevent sticking and to ensure that the beans cook evenly.
7Let drain for about 2 hours.
8Don"t worry if they look terrible after sitting that long.
9(save the drained liquid for soup).
10Put the drained beans through a meat grinder or food mill, then mix to a paste with the chile powder, cumin, fresh chile, cilantro leaves and salt.
11Roll the paste into 4 equal balls.
12Put each ball between 2 pieces of waxed paper and press them into rounds 1/8" thick with the palm of your hand.
13Set aside.
14Whisk the sour cream with the milk until smooth.
15Heat the duck fat in a crepe or nonstick pan or on a griddle.
16When the pan is hot, put in the cakes and cook 2 minutes on each side.
17Put the cakes on warm plates and spoon the sour cream on the center of each cake.
18Spoon the salsa on the sour cream.
19Garnish the plates with the cilantro sprigs.
20Per cake: 365 calories, 16 g protein, 39 g carbohydrate, 17 g fat, 7 g saturated fat, 23 mg cholesterol, 443 mg sodium, 12 g fiber.