Cracker Mix & Potato Croquette

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MAKES 22 CROQUETTES

PREP TIME: 40 MINS

COOK TIME: 20 MINS

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Ingredients

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FOR THE FILLING

150G BHUJA CRACKER MIX, SOAKED IN BOILING WATER TO SOFTEN

3-4 MEDIUM TO LARGE POTATOES, PEELED AND ROUGHLY CHOPPED

2 TSP CHICKEN STOCK POWDER

GENEROUS PINCH SALT & PEPPER

1/2 CUP FINELY GRATED PARMESAN

1 EGG, LIGHTLY BEATEN

1 TBSP PLAIN FLOUR

NEUTRAL OIL, FOR FRYING

FOR BREADING

1/2 CUP PLAIN FLOUR

2 EGGS, LIGHTLY BEATEN

1 1/2 CUP PANKO CRUMBS

SALT & PEPPER

TO SERVE

FINELY GRATED PARMESAN

OPTIONAL CRACKER MIX TO GARNISH OR SERVE ON SIDE

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Utensils

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LARGE POT OR DEEP FRYER

MEDIUM SAUCEPAN

MICROPLANE

POTATO MASHER

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Method

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1. BEGIN BY SOAKING THE CRACKER MIX IN BOILING WATER FOR 5 OR SO MINUTES TO SOFTEN. STRAIN WATER, FINELY CHOP AND THEN SET ASIDE.

2. PEEL YOUR POTATOES AND ROUGHLY CHOP BEFORE BRINGING TO THE BOIL IN SALTED WATER. SIMMER FOR 10-15 MINS TO SOFTEN. STRAIN THEN USE A POTATO MASHER TO MASH. SET ASIDE TO COOL

3. ONCE COOLED, PLACE ALL FILLING INGREDIENTS EXCEPT FOR EGG AND FLOUR IN A LARGER BOWL AND USE YOUR HAND TO COMBINE. ADD EGG, COMBINE AND FINISH WITH FLOUR. IF PREPARING IN ADVANCE, COVER FILLING WITH CLING WRAP AND CHILL IN FRIDGE OVERNIGHT. IF MAKING DAY OF, MOVE TO NEXT STEP AND SET UP YOUR BREADING STATION (ENSURING FILLING IS ENTIRELY COOLED)

4. SET UP YOUR BREADING STATION, FLOUR IN ONE BOWL, WHISKED EGGS IN ANOTHER AND PANKO CRUMBS WITH SALT AND PEPPER IN THE LAST

5. SPOON SOME OF THE FILLING INTO YOUR HANDS AND ROLL INTO A LITTLE LOG LIKE SHAPE (AROUND 5CM LONG AND 3CM WIDE). ROLL IT IN THE FLOUR, DIP IN THE EGG AND FINISH WITH THE PANKO CRUMBS. PLACE ON A TRAY AND REPEAT WITH REMAINING FILLING UNTIL YOU HAVE ROUGHLY 22 CROQUETTES

6. HEAT NEUTRAL OIL IN A DEEP POT OR DEEP FRYER - YOU’LL NEED AROUND 1L (YOU COULD ALSO DO THIS IN AN AIRFRYER). THE OIL IN READY WHEN YOU PLACE A SKEWER IN, TOUCH THE BASE AND THE OIL BUBBLES AROUND IT. USE A SLOTTED SPOON OR SPIRAL SKIMMER TO RAISE AND LOWER THE CROQUETTES IN OIL

7. FRY IN BATCHES (AROUND 4 AT A TIME) SO AS TO NOT OVERCROWD THE POT. YOU’LL BE FRYING FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES AT MOST. REMOVE FROM OIL AND SET ASIDE ON WIRE RACK. REPEAT UNTIL ALL CROQUETTES HAVE BEEN FRIED

8. PLACE ON A SERVING PLATTER AND GRATE SOME ADDITIONAL PARMESAN TO FINISH. SCATTER A LITTLE MORE CRACKER MIX OVER THE TOP OR SERVE ON THE SIDE — ENJOY!

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