Patatokeftedes (potato Croquettes)

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs cooked peeled potatoes (i nuke them)
• 1 egg
• 4 green onions, sliced thinly ( and green parts)
• 3/4 cup minced flat leaf parsley or 3/4 cup cilantro
• 1 cup kefalotiri or 1 cup parmesan cheese, or myzithra cheese
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• flour (for dredging)
• oil (for frying)

Recipe

• 1 rice the potatoes.
• 2 add the egg, onions, parsley or cilantro, cheese and pepper.
• 3 taste and add salt if not salty enough.
• 4 combine well and refrigerate for 2 hours before proceeding with recipe.
• 5 shape the potato mixture into'meatballs'.
• 6 dredge in flour, flattening slightly, and fry in hot oil (we use olive oil in greece, but vegetable oil can be used instead).
• 7 drain on paper towels.
• 8 serve hot or warm.
• 9 note: breadcrumbs can also be used to dredge the potato croquettes instead of the flour.
• 10 this results in a crisper exterior.