When forming mashed balls, add a filling, such as cheese or minced meat.
You can also use special crackers as a breading.
Add mashed greens or finely chopped hot peppers to add a piquant flavor.
Croquettes (in French) from potatoes, and in our opinion potato balls, can be prepared in your own kitchen. They are made with different fillings and served as a side dish or an independent dish, collecting bouquets of thanks from eaters.
The fastest and easiest way to please homemade people with such a treat is to fry croquettes in a pan. You just need to have at your disposal a thick-walled deep pan with a thick bottom.
Ideal - made of cast iron.
Cook the potatoes and knead in fresh mashed potatoes. Or take yesterday, adding warm boiled water or milk to the eye, mix to become soft, but not liquid.
Beat eggs. Mix them with potatoes.
Pour a lot of vegetable oil into a cast-iron skillet. While we form croquettes from potato and egg “dough”, it will warm up to a boil.
Bread rolls in breadcrumbs and dip in boiling oil.
Potato balls will be fried in it. After a few minutes, they are covered with a golden crust, and they can be removed on a paper towel to get rid of excess oil. Serve with milk sauce.
Cook the usual mashed potatoes, break the egg and mix. We roll croquettes from a still warm base. Now you can roll them in flour, then “bathe” in breadcrumbs. Next, the koloboks are sent to a deep pan with hot vegetable oil or a deep fryer. When they get golden, we will transfer them to a paper towel - to get rid of excess oil. And from there, we relocate to the baking dish.
While croquettes are resting there, we are doing mushroom sauce. We cut mushrooms and onions, fry in a pan along with vegetable oil. Do not forget about salt. When we see that the mushrooms are ready, pour the cream into the onion-mushroom mass. All together must be put out briefly.
If the kitchen has this wonderful technique, a slow cooker, it is easy to cook potato balls in it. They can even be called potato peaches - they turn out to be juicy and similar to these fruits in their appearance.
Half an hour we cook potatoes in a slow cooker in the corresponding task mode. Cool the vegetables.
Minced pork “dilute” with spices, salt. Mix it with finely grated onions. Now we make from a mixture of small cutlets.
Pour oil into the multi-bowl. We expose the device to "Multipovar" and limit the time to 10 minutes. Just enough for the cutlets to have a pleasant golden crust.
Processed by this time potatoes are processed on a grater, the mass is divided in two. We add flour to each part - so much that the mass is easily molded, but not “crawled”. We send turmeric to one more. The result was a “dough” of two colors.
We sculpt “peaches” - from halves of different colors with a cutlet inside. At the end, grease with a whipped testicle and sprinkle thickly with breadcrumbs.
On the remaining oil in the multi-bowl, put the peach potato croquettes. Baking mode with a time interval of 40 minutes - and you're done. Serve with sour cream sauce.
A great addition to the dish will be a light salad of fresh vegetables and herbs.
There are several varieties of potato balls that are especially loved in the Scandinavian countries. For example, Norwegians will prefer herring croquettes to all other recipes. Fish can be chopped and introduced directly into the "dough", and can be hidden inside the ball in the form of a piece of fillet. We suggest you try the second option - balls with herring inside.
Just so that everything works out as it should, do not use friable potato varieties.
Boil the potato (it is possible and not until fully cooked, it will come when frying). When it cools, let us pass through a grater with large cells.
Beat the egg with salt, add a tablespoon of vegetable oil to this mixture. Mix and send to the potato mass.
We cut fish fillets in small fragments. From the vegetable "mincemeat" we make flat oblong crusts, put in each piece of herring and turn the cakes into balls. To not fall apart, sprinkle with flour or bread crumbs.
Deep-fry our balls until deep golden. Pour with melted vegetable oil and crushed garlic and eat while hot.
Mushrooms are an important ingredient in many culinary delights. With their help, even unpretentious croquettes can be made as exquisite. Will we try?
Cook the usual mashed potatoes, break the egg into it and mix. We roll from still warm croquettes. Now you can roll them in flour, then "bathe" balls in breadcrumbs. Then the koloboks are sent to a deep frying pan with hot vegetable oil or a deep fryer. When they get golden, we will transfer them to a paper towel - to get rid of excess oil. And from there, we relocate to the baking dish.
While croquettes are resting there, we deal with mushroom sauce. We cut mushrooms and onions, fry in a pan along with vegetable oil. Do not forget about salt. When we see that the mushrooms are ready, pour the cream into the onion-mushroom mass. All together must be put out briefly.
The secret of the bright taste and rich aroma of the sauce is that mushrooms should be used fresh, not dried or thawed.
Sauce pour potato balls directly on the baking sheet, sprinkle with grated cheese on top. You can send the container to the oven, fried up to 1800C. For five minutes, no more - until the cheese is melted.
If you add cheese, you get a delicious dish, which with honor will play the role of a dinner side dish or, in a cold form, a snack for beer. This option is certainly more useful and safer than store potato chips: you can be firmly convinced that there are no any “E” health risks in the snack.
We add salt to the still warm mashed potatoes, season them with pepper. Then pour in the flour and mix well. The mixture should not be fluid and viscous. We give the original test a little time to cool down: it should not burn hands.
In the meantime, with the help of a knife we \u200b\u200bturn cheese into medium-sized bricks.
When mashed potatoes can be picked up, we will start making croquettes. We spread a teaspoon of “dough” on the palm, flatten it a little. Put the cheese cube in the center, pinch the edges and form a ball.
We perform this procedure until the products run out. We will put balls on a board or a flat plate, at a distance from each other. And in order to surely prevent sticking together, we also press them with flour.
Now we dip the potato koloboks into the cooking oil boiling in the pan (they should be completely plunged) and wait for the appearance of a golden crust.
We “cook” ready ones with a slotted spoon: let the potato balls with cheese lie on a paper towel and get rid of excess oil. Serve with onion sauce and mustard.
Cook the potatoes until cooked. Water needs to be drained, dried vegetables and grind while they are still hot.
Finely chop the ham, then send it to the potatoes, along with a piece of flour. There are beaten egg yolks. We mix the resulting "dough" and sculpt balls (or figures similar to cylinders) from it.
The last three steps remained: roll the balls in the flour, then grease with whipped egg whites, and then dip in the breadcrumbs.
Now you can put in a deep fryer or a deep frying pan with boiling fat or vegetable oil and wait until a delicious crust appears. Serve with green sauce.
This treat is ideal for lovers of the traditional “duet” - potatoes and meat. The good thing is that minced meat from any meat or a combination of several types in any proportion is suitable. Perhaps, it would seem to someone that messing with cooking for an hour and a half is too long. But the result is worth the time!
The little secret to this dish is adding onions to the minced meat. He gives juiciness.
In the mashed potatoes, we break the eggs, supplement the "society" with flour, baking powder. You can flavor the mixture with your favorite spices. Then we mix everything: the composition should come out homogeneous.
Rub the onion head as small as possible, mix with minced meat. We add a little salt to the mass.
We make balls with minced meat inside. The procedure is similar to the cheese recipe described above. Croquettes are sent to the baking dish (do not forget to grease it with oil) and put in a hot oven. There, at 1800С, they will spend 45 minutes. We take out for a minute to grease and sprinkle with grated cheese. And back in the oven for another ten minutes.
We will serve with fresh herbs and tomato sauce.
Sometimes guests may come unexpectedly, but they would like to treat them with something tasty. In this case, recipes for simple snacks will come to the aid of the hostess. For example, potato balls. This original dish can be made from the remains of mashed potatoes and served with any sauce to taste.
Potato balls can be stuffed with ham, grated cheese, a slice of herring or salted salmon, shrimp, nuts, prunes or slices of fresh or pickled vegetables.
Potato is a common and common vegetable for every person. At the same time, it is ideal for preparing any dishes. Potatoes can be the basis of decent snacks, which include potato balls.
Mashed potatoes are initially prepared. On its basis, potato balls with various fillings are created, which are mandatory to roll in breadcrumbs and deep-fried. In fact, cooking is not limited to one option, so you can carefully study the numerous recipes and try to give preference to the most delicious recipes for potato balls.
The most popular potato ball recipes are based on available products. In addition, the appetizer manages to be prepared with ease and in the shortest possible time. With ready-made potato balls, it is recommended to serve meat, fish, fresh vegetables. As an appetizer, the dish is served with vodka, moonshine, strong tinctures and beer.
The potatoes are peeled and washed in running water. Pour water into the pan, put the potatoes and cook it over low heat until cooked. Used water is drained.
Potatoes are thoroughly crushed with a wooden crush. In this case, the consistency should resemble ordinary mashed potatoes. From a homogeneous mass create balls. To them are added wheat flour, salt, pepper. Beat the egg, adding it in mashed potatoes.
Part of the breadcrumbs is spread on a wooden board, evenly distributing them over the entire surface. A tablespoon is moistened in cold water and with its help round balls are formed. They are rolled in breadcrumbs, which can be replaced with ordinary semolina.
Vegetable oil is poured into a deep frying pan and heated over medium heat. The heated oil should completely cover the potato balls. About two minutes are allowed for roasting.
Put a paper towel on a baking sheet. Fried balls are laid on it.
The appetizer should dry on a paper towel, cool. Then it is served at the table with sauce and herbs.
This option is ideal for beer. If desired, potato balls with cheese filling are served at festive feasts. A rosy appetizer, surprising with a cheese flavor and impeccable aroma, will certainly captivate guests.
If desired, cheese "Russian" can be replaced with any other hard variety. It is cut into small cubes. Beat the chicken egg thoroughly with a whisk or fork. Then add salt to the egg mixture.
Wash and peel the potatoes, rub on a fine grater. Water is drained from under it. In one bowl, mix the egg mixture and the grated potatoes.
A small ball is molded from the prepared mass. A piece of cheese is placed in the middle. It is allowed to add a thin slice of ham, which goes well with cheese.
Mix half the flour with milk, beaten egg. The mixture is thoroughly stirred. It is used for dipping potato balls and roll in breading flour.
Vegetable oil is brought to a boil in a pan. Potato balls are fried on it until a golden crust appears. After the oil drains, the appetizer is served on the table. Bon Appetit!
At the very beginning, take the fish fillet and wash it thoroughly, put it in a pan and fill it with water. Fish is cooked until fully cooked as a future filling. After cooking the fish fillet, they pull it out and cool it a little. Then treated with a meat grinder.
Wash the potatoes, peel them, put them in a pot and fill them with water. Potatoes are cooked over medium heat until cooked. Boiled potatoes on a fine grater. Fish fillet mixed with potatoes.
Add salt, pepper, egg, greens.
All ingredients are thoroughly mixed to make potato balls. From the prepared mixture create balls the size of a walnut. They are rolled in flour. Then the balls are laid out in a refractory form, which is pre-lubricated with vegetable oil.
After that, preheat the oven and put balls for 15 minutes so that they bake until a crust appears. If desired and possible, replace the oven with a microwave. When baking balls from potatoes, they are turned over once.
After that, potato balls are pulled out of the oven or microwave, poured with ketchup and heated for a minute.
For the preparation of the above snacks, it is allowed to use any fish fillet. You need to remember: hot fish should not be passed through a meat grinder, so it is pre-cooled.
For the preparation of balls, it is advisable to use medium-sized potatoes. When cooking, it is advisable to cook a whole vegetable, as this simplifies its subsequent grater.
Potato balls are baked in the oven or in the microwave. It is mandatory to observe all safety precautions during the culinary process, because it depends on how worthy the protection against fire will be.
Potato balls with a variety of fillings is an amazing dish that can be appreciated. The impeccable taste of a snack for alcohol is guaranteed!
Puree balls look appetizing and unusual, and the products are very affordable and simple. We describe several ways of making a dish.
Make it easy enough, you need to have in stock about an hour of free time. You can serve the balls as a standalone dish or as a side dish. They go well with fresh vegetables. They are also combined with meat or fish.
Cooking deep-fried mashed potato balls
Deep-fried potato koloboks are a good side dish for meat. They are also served with sour cream. Sour cream gives even more tenderness to the whole dish.
Balls will be tender if the potatoes are smoothed uniformly without lumps. Dip peeled tubers in a pot of salt water. Cook for about half an hour until cooked. Then drain the water, add 2 eggs, cream and melted butter to the hot potatoes, crush the potatoes. The basis is prepared.
Before proceeding to frying in oil, you need to form mashed balls. The process is simple, if there is a skill. You will need to pick up 2-3 teaspoons of thick mashed potatoes and roll a neat ball out of it.
Carry out this procedure with all the mashed potatoes ready. Koloboks must be formed until the mashed potatoes have cooled. Bun koloboks in flour. Beat the remaining 2 eggs and dip the potato balls in them, and then roll them in breadcrumbs.
When the koloboks are ready, you can start frying. Pour the sunflower oil into a deep container and heat it to a boil. Carefully lower the balls into the oil. For uniform frying, you need to constantly turn them over.
After the color of the potato has turned golden, you need to remove the balls from the heat and put on a napkin to absorb excess oil. Serve the dish hot, before sprinkling greens on top for smell and beauty.
In the oven, the dish comes out no less tasty than when deep-fried. But there is one plus - they have less fat and calories. It is recommended to cook mashed potato balls in the oven for those who watch their thin waists.
You will need:
The basis for potato koloboks is made in the same way as in the first case. After boiling the potatoes, crush it in a gentle puree without lumps. To make it airy and light, you can use a blender.
Form koloboks from warm mashed potatoes, taking 2-3 teaspoons of potatoes to make one. Roll in flour and breadcrumbs. When the koloboks are ready, we proceed to the preparation of the pan. It must be lubricated with sunflower oil in advance. Place balls on a baking sheet. On each kolobok you can put cheese, a plate or grated.
It is necessary to heat the oven to 170 degrees. Take care of this beforehand. Place the baking tray with potato balls in the oven and let stand for about 25 minutes. In the oven, the balls are covered with a golden crust, and the cheese is baked on the surface. We spread the finished koloboks on a flat plate. They look great if you try to make them the same in size and even.
This meal option is great for meeting friends. You can serve it with red wine for a pleasant conversation. Would need:
Cooking potatoes in the same way as in previous recipes. Finely chop the ham, grate the cheese, add the herbs and mix the ingredients together. This is our filling.
Next, crush the tortilla from the crushed meat, put the filling on top and roll the tortilla into a bun. You need to do this while the mashed potatoes are warm. Next you need to roll the koloboks in flour and fry the balls from mashed potatoes stuffed in oil until golden brown.
This method is good because due to the filling the dryness of the potato disappears. There are also secrets to get rid of dry potatoes. For example, you can add a little cream when frying. Or pre-place fresh tubers in oil.
We prepare the dough in the same way as in the cases described above. For the filling you will need:
Fry chopped onions in a pan. Fry the previously thawed minced meat with onions for about 15 minutes.
Put the fried mixture on the potato cake and wrap the cake in a bun. So make all the balls.
Bread mashed potatoes in breadcrumbs and put in a frying pan in boiling oil. As they are ready, remove from heat and cool on a paper towel. Serve with boiled or raw vegetables. You can dip them in sour cream.
This option can be prepared with baked cheese on top in a cream sauce. Ingredients:
You need to prepare mashed potatoes in the same way as in previous recipes. After preparing the koloboks from mashed potatoes with the addition of eggs, roll them in flour and breadcrumbs, put them in a deep fat fryer and fry until we see the golden color of the potato. Finished koloboks dried on a paper napkin, spread on a baking tray.
Let's have mushroom sauce. It is necessary to chop mushrooms (you can take honey mushrooms), add shredded onions and salt to taste. Fry the mixture. When the mushrooms are fried, pour the cream into the pan and simmer all together. The secret of a special taste is that mushrooms should be freeze-dried. It is bad to take dried mushrooms for the sauce, since it is impossible to examine the signs of spoilage on them.
Ready sauce is evenly distributed over the potato balls on a baking sheet. Grate the cheese and sprinkle it on top. First you need to preheat the oven to 180 degrees, and then send the dish there for 5 minutes.
The dish is ready before baking, so you need to wait only when the cheese is baked.
To make the dish deliciously delicious, you should use these tips:
So, the vegetable base is always the same, the creative part of the preparation of the dish lies in the filling. Here you need to show your culinary skills. The filling will make the dish softer, more airy and tastier, and also remove the excess dryness of the potatoes. Less calories will be in the dish if you cook it in the oven.
Bon Appetit!