This unique and tasty appetizer is sure to add some good fortune to your New Years!

Recipe and Photography by Made in Oklahoma Coalition

Ingredients

• 1 (15.5) ounce cans black eyed peas
• 1 cup chopped Mountain View Meat Company Smoked sausage
• 1 cup roasted red bell peppers
• 1 jalapeno pepper seeded and chopped
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 Hansen’s brand egg, beaten
• 1 (1 1/2 cups Shawnee Mills All Purpose Flour
• 1 cup Shawnee Yellow CornMeal
• Suan’s Scotch Bonnet Pepper Jelly

Instructions

In a large bowl, mash black eyed peas with a potato masher or the back of a large spoon.

Add sausage, red peppers, jalapeno, cumin and egg. Mix until combined.

Add flour, incorporating until firm enough to shape into cakes.

Let sit in the refrigerator for about 1 hour to firm.

Shape into round patties.

Pat each cake into cornmeal, to give a light coating.

Heat oil in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat.

Fry the patties until crispy and brown on both sides.

Serve with Suan’s Scotch Bonnet Pepper Jelly.