Zucchini & Sweet Potato Pancakes
Zucchini & Sweet Potato Pancakes
Ingredients
Dash of cinnamon, for garnish
Fresh parsley, chopped for garnish
Handful of fresh chives, minced
1 cup sour cream
1 cup all-purpose or whole wheat flour
3 eggs
Fresh cracked black pepper
Sea salt
4 tablespoons coconut oil, divided
1/2 large sweet onion, diced fine
2 sweet potatoes, peeled and grated
3 zucchini, grated
1/2 cup apple juice from processor
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
4-5 tablespoons honey
1-2 tablespoons lemon juice
6 large apples, cored, peeled and quartered (Honeycrisp, Gala, Fuji)
Step by step
Start out by peeling and quartering about 6 large apples and sprinkling a little lemon juice on them to keep them from browning too quickly, Prep and measure out cinnamon, nutmeg and honey ingredients.
Insert the KitchenAid® Juicer and Sauce Attachment in your Stand Mixer, inserting the medium sized mesh basket to make the sauce. Turn Stand Mixer on speed 10 and insert the apples into the juicer chute a few at a time, with the pulp chute closed.
As the apples are processing, the juice will separate into the pitcher under the juice spout and the pulp will be captured in the mesh basket inside the sauce attachment.
Turn off the Stand Mixer and remove the mesh basket from the attachment. Scoop out the apple pulp into your KitchenAid® Stainless Steel 3-Quart Saucepan, and add the strained apple juice along with cinnamon, nutmeg and honey into the pan with the pulp.
Cook the applesauce mixture down over medium-low heat until the sauce thickened, stirring occasionally. Cover and keep warm while preparing the Zucchini Sweet Potato pancakes.
Peel and grate the sweet potatoes with a box grater in to a large mixing bowl.
Grate the zucchini and let them drain in a colander in the sink, squeezing in a kitchen towel to release the extra water. Mince the onion and add both to the sweet potato in the mixing bowl.
Beat the eggs, and add to the veggie mixture, stirring well. Mix in flour and combine well.
Heat a tablespoon of coconut oil in your KitchenAid® Copper Core 12″ Nonstick Skillet, and start making the pancakes by scooping out 1/4 cup mounds into the heated pan. Flatten cakes a little bit with the spatula.
Cook the pancakes for about 3 minutes on each side until they are golden brown, cooking them in several batches until all the zucchini-sweet potato mixture is gone. Add a tablespoon of oil to the pan each time you cook a new batch, and place the cooked pancakes on a baking sheet lined with paper towels to drain the excess oil.
For serving, top with some fresh sea salt and cracked black pepper, a dash of extra cinnamon, dollops of sour cream with minced chives, fresh parsley and the warm Homemade Applesauce.