Corn Cakes with Goat Cheese Sauce

Prep Time: 15 mins | Cook Time: 8 min | Course: Dinner | Servings: 4

Corn cakes with green onions and cilantro topped with a lemon zesty whipped goat cheese sauce. 

¾ cup flour

½ tsp baking powder

½ tsp cumin

Garlic salt and pepper, to taste

2 cups corn, fresh or frozen

2 green onions, chopped

¼ cup cilantro, chopped

1 egg

¾ cup yogurt or sour cream

2 Tbsp butter

2 Tbsp olive oil

5 oz goat cheese

½ cup heavy cream

Zest of 1 lemon

½ a lemon, juiced

Whisk flour, baking powder, cumin, garlic salt and pepper together in a 2 quart mixing bowl. Mix in corn, green onions, cilantro, egg and yogurt together. Heat a frying pan (or griddle) with the butter and olive oil over medium heat. Drop corn cakes by 2 Tbsp full and fry for about 3-4 minutes a side cutting into one to be certain they're done.

Whip goat cheese, cream, zest and juice of the lemon half in a mixing bowl until the consistency is creamy. Serve next to the corn cakes.