Cheese Croquettes

🧂 Ingredients

• 8 oz fontina cheese
• 2 ½ cups mashed potatoes

  (about 1 ¼ lbs of mashed Russet potatoes)
• 1 large egg
• 1 cup Parmesan cheese

  (grated)
• 1 tablespoon parsley

  (fresh, chopped)
• ¼ teaspoon each, salt & pepper

  (to taste)
• ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg

  (to taste)
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• 5 large eggs

  (beaten)
• 2 cup breadcrumbs

  (plain or seasoned breadcrumbs)
• frying oil

  (favorite neutral-flavored frying oil like canola oil or vegetable oil)

Instructions

• 1 Remove the rind off of 8 oz fontina cheese and cut it into thin strips about 1
  inch long. Set aside.
• 2 Add 2 ½ cups mashed potatoes, 1 large egg, 1 cup Parmesan cheese, 1 tablespoon
  parsley, ¼ teaspoon each, salt & pepperand ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg to a large bowl and
  mix until thoroughly combined.
• 3 Grab a small handful of the potato mixture and flatten it into a pancake. Put a
  thin slice of fontina cheese in the center, then mold the potato pancake into an
  oval shape around the cheese. Set it aside and repeat with all of the remaining
  potato mixture.
• 4 Set up a dredging station by placing 3 shallow dishes side-by-side. Add ½ cup
  all-purpose flour to the first dish, 5 large eggs beaten in the second dish, and
  2 cup breadcrumbs in the third dish.
• 5 One by one, coat the balls of potato in flour, followed by the eggs (letting the
  excess drip off), and then the breadcrumbs. Repeat this process a second time
  with each croquette to get a thick coating.
• 6 Put your prepared croquettes on a baking sheet and pop them in the fridge to
  chill for 1 hour before frying.
• 7 Heat a large frying pan filled with a good amount of frying oil to medium-high
  heat.
• 8 Once the oil is hot, add 2-3 cheese croquettes (or more, as long as you don't
  overcrowd the pan). Use tongs to turn each croquette until golden brown on all
  sides, then transfer them to a wire cooling rack with a paper towel underneath.
  Repeat with remaining croquettes.
• 9 Once you have fried all of the croquettes, they can be served immediately.

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