These potato cheese balls are crispy, with gooey melted cheese in the middle, easy to prepare, healthy and really addictive. They can be also be made from leftover mashed potatoes but I preferred boiling the potatoes with their skin-on for this recipe only. This is a step you can do ahead of time, even a day in advance. Peel only before going further with the recipe.
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Chop the bacon into small pieces then mix with the potato and cheese. Place the flour, egg and breadcrumbs into separate bowls. Form the potato mixture into balls/small logs (the traditional shape) then coat first in the flour, then the egg and finally in the breadcrumbs. Fry the croquettes in the hot oil until golden brown and crisp.
Loaded Baked Potato Croquettes. Preheat oven to 400ºF and line a baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper. Place flour (season with a touch of salt/pepper), eggs, and panko into three separate bowls and set aside. Using a small cookie scoop, scoop mashed potatoes into your hands. Lightly flatten with your fingers.
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Make the croquettes up to stage 3 in the recipe card and keep in the fridge for a couple of days until you are ready to crumb and cook. Alternatively, once you’ve rolled the croquettes into balls place them on a tray, leaving space between each and place them in the freezer. When you are ready to cook the potato and cheese croquettes remove
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Set potato skins aside. To the pulp, add sour cream, Parmesan cheese, bacon, onion and horseradish. Mix with a fork until combined but not mashed. Add salt and pepper. Fill potato skins. Top each potato with 1 teaspoon butter and sprinkle with cheese. Place in a shallow baking dish. Bake at 350° until heated through, about 20 minutes.
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To make the croquette filling, mix the riced potatoes with the beaten egg, salt, pepper, and cheese. Do not overmix. If you want to taste the filling for seasoning, just add the egg as the last step. Next, while heating a pan full of olive oil on the stove, pass the croquettes through the three step breading process.
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In a frying pan, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the ground beef and cook until no longer pink, stirring to break up the meat, 6 to 8 minutes. Add the sofrito, tomato sauce, oregano and salt to the cooked ground beef. Mix thoroughly. Turn the heat to low and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes.
To make potato cheese stuffed balls, combine the cornflour and ¼ cup of water in a bowl, mix well and keep aside. Combine potato, capsicum, coriander, green chilli, garlic paste, ginger paste, red chilli flakes, oregano, maida and salt and mix well using your hands. Divide the mixture into 10 equal portions and shape each portion into small rounds.
The best cheese for cheesy potato balls is mozzarella, hands down. Mozzarella is the best for meltability and stretch. It adds a delicious mild creamy flavor and pairs well with potatoes. You can use mozzarella string cheese cut into small cubes or shredded mozzarella cheese, which is what I used.
My Baked Cheesy Potato Croquettes are an easy bite-sized snack or side dish. Mashed potato, stuffed with cheese, coated with breadcrumbs and baked until the cheese melts in the middle. I've got a little tip for how to get those croquettes lovely and golden, even though they're baked and not fried.