Mashed potato patties

It’s probably hard to come up with a better side dish for fish or meat than potatoes. Many housewives in the arsenal have a recipe for potato cutlets with different fillings and sauces. In addition, such burgers, a dish almost universal - you can eat it on a typical day and even on a holiday, if you experiment with the filling.

Traditional potato patties: how to cook?

Composition:

1. Potatoes - 500 g
2. Milk or cream - 100 g
3. Wheat Flour - A Handful
4. Breadcrumbs - optional
5. Black and white pepper
6. Vegetable oil
7. Butter - 2-3 tbsp. l
8. Salt to taste

Cooking:

• Peel the potatoes, cut them into medium pieces and boil them to a state of semi-preparation. Then we add some salt and continue the process of cooking to a crumbly state. After that, we drain the water and leave the potatoes to dry a little on the stove.
• Add the butter, pour in boiling milk and pour the pepper. With the help of tolkushki, carefully rub the potatoes to a state of uniform mashed potatoes. Then add as much flour as a result to get an elastic thick mass that we knead thoroughly.
• From the mashed potatoes we make patties and roll each in breadcrumbs or flour. Add butter to the preheated saucepan, spread the chops with a small indentation from each other. Fry them on each side until golden brown appears.

Potato patties with minced meat

Composition:

1. Potatoes - 1 kg
2. Flour - 50 g
3. Vegetable oil - 50 g
4. Minced meat - 300 g
5. Onion - 1 pc.
6. Egg - 1 pc.
7. Vegetable oil
8. Salt

Cooking:

• Peel potatoes, boil until half cooked in salted water. Drain the water and then put the pot on a small fire. This is required so that the remaining liquid evaporates. Do not neglect this moment, it is very important.
• Add some vegetable oil to the pan, make mashed potatoes and let it cool slightly.
• Add the minced onion, egg and salt to the mince, mix everything. Fry the mince in a frying pan.
• Form a puree small pancake and put a little stuffing into it. Top with another layer of mashed potatoes in the form of a pancake. Then secure the ends to make a chop. Roll it in flour or bread crumbs.
• Heat oil in a pan and fry the patties from 2 sides. When a golden brown crust appears, it means the cutlets are ready.

Tips for cooking potato patties with minced meat:

If the mashed potatoes are too thin during the cooking process, add a little flour to the potatoes and mix;

Before you add mince into the chops, think about how you can diversify the filling, perhaps you have a piece of cheese, greens or mushrooms in your fridge.

Bitochkis mushroom notes

These hearty and tasty meatballs will appeal to lovers of vegetarian cuisine and those who observe fasting.

Composition:

1. Potatoes - 1 kg
2. Champignons - 200 g
3. Flour - 2 tbsp. l
4. Pepper and salt to taste
5. Vegetable oil

Cooking:

• Peel the potatoes and boil them until half cooked in slightly salted water. When it is ready, drain the water and mash the tubers to a puree state. Wait until the mashed potatoes have cooled slightly, add salt and pepper to taste.
• Now you can do stuffing. Wash the mushrooms, chop them finely and fry in a pan with vegetable oil, stirring regularly. At the end of the roast, add salt and pepper, then remove the pan from the heat and allow the mushrooms to cool.
• Turn on the oven and start cooking the potato patties. Form a cake with wet hands and lay out 1 tsp. mushrooms. Then again, with wet hands, put one cake on another, so that the filling remains inside, and form an oval cutlet.
• Grease a baking sheet with vegetable oil. Then put potato patties on it, in advance wrapping each of them in flour or bread crumbs.
• Put a baking tray with a dish in the oven and bake them for 15-20 minutes until golden.

Potato patties with cheese

Composition:

1. Potatoes - 500 g
2. Hard cheese - 100 g
3. Chicken egg - 1 pc.
4. Flour - 3-4 tbsp. l
5. Butter - 1 tbsp. l
6. Salt and pepper to taste
7. Vegetable oil for roasting

Cooking:

• Peel the potatoes and cut them into several pieces, and then boil them in salted water until slightly soft. Then drain the water and add butter to the potatoes. Mash potatoes in mashed potatoes and cool.
• Grate hard cheese. Then, in the cooled mashed potatoes, add the egg, cheese and season it all with black pepper. Mix everything thoroughly. It is worth noting that ideally it is best to use freshly ground pepper, then the dish turns out more fragrant.
• Now add flour to the potatoes and mix again until smooth. If necessary, dosolite to taste. Then form of this mass patties, roll in flour.
• The final stage - put a griddle on the stove and heat it up with a small amount of vegetable oil. Then proceed to the roasting of potato patties with cheese until a brown crust appears on each side.

Potato patties are a wonderful dish, they can be cooked with a huge number of toppings. In addition, any economical hostess, simply must have in their culinary arsenal a couple of recipes for potato cutlets, because many people often have surplus potatoes. Try it and you can take a look at traditional potatoes from absolutely different sides!