During lockdown, I've been looking around online for new recipes that would appeal to the whole family, as well as working through my long list of bookmarked recipes. The Love Potatoes website recently shared a recipe for Ham & Cheese Potato Croquettes, which sounded perfect. Fun to put together (Pierre even joined in), using nothing but store cupboard basics and great for using up excess mashed potatoes too. Definitely one that we'll be making again !
Mashed Potato Croquettes
ingredients :
leftover mashed potato (or a pan full of boiled potatoes + butter, milk, salt)
50g butter
50g flour
220ml semi skimmed milk
grated cheese (cheddar, parmesan, etc)
chopped ham (or similar - bacon, chorizo, ...)
breadcrumbs
Start off by preparing your mash, unless you have leftover cooked mash ready to use up. Add milk, butter and salt and smash the potatoes to pieces with a masher. (This is a great way to relieve tension. Alternatively, it's a great way of keeping the kids entertained, which will also relieve tension !)
In a pan, melt the butter and mix in the flour.
Add the milk and stir.
Whisk it up if it starts going too lumpy !
Add the potatoes to the pan and mix them in. Add chopped ham and cheese. (We left out the cheese, as Pierre isn't keen, and they were still lovely.)
Tip the mash out onto a baking tray. Flatten it with a spoon then cut it into about 16 squares (or more, depending on how much mash you used).
Scoop up one square of mash in your hands and shape it into a croquette. Roll each croquette in breadcrumbs.
Put the finished croquettes back on to the tray. Give them a spray with some cooking oil if you want them to go brown - we didn't bother, which is why they stayed very pale.
Put them in the oven for 8-10 minutes. The website warns not to leave them for too long or they will start to spread and collapse but ours seemed very solid - maybe because we made big ones ?
The kids absolutely loved these ! They're soft and squishy with a hint of crispiness on the outside. We served ours with sausages, but they would also be great with eggs, beans, pork chops, ... - they make a great side dish with all manner of things !
This is a great recipe for using up leftover mash, as well as ends of cheese and salami or ham, so I'm adding it to the #KitchenClearout linky.
I think I am going to give these a try. They look and sound so easy to make and tasty x
ReplyDeleteThese were almost entirely made by Pierre (as you can probably tell from the lumpy sauce ! lol) so you can't go wrong :)
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