Appetizers Other Calabrese Traditions Uncategorized

Crocchette di Patate (Vrasciole) – Potato Croquettes

Ingrediants
1 Kg already boiled and peeled Baking Potato
150 g grated cheese (pecorino - parmigiano reggiano)
1/2 cup of parsley (optional)
3 yolks and 1 whole eggs
15 gr Salt to taste
Frying oil for frying
Semolina
Fine grated bread
Instructions
 
Boil the potatoes with all the peel, peel them and mash them with a potato masher, while they are still hot, mix with your hands and let them cool completely.
Prepare the dough
Put the cheese in the potatoes, add the finely chopped parsley, season with salt, incorporate the eggs, one at a time and adjust accordingly, sometimes you need to add a little flour, mix the dough gently, as it is quite sticky.
Form the croquettes
Flour a work surface, take some dough, form a stick, rolling it on the floured work surface, lay it on a floured kitchen towel and continue until the dough is used up.
Break two eggs into a bowl. Put some flour on a flat plate.
Put some fine breadcrumbs on a flat plate.
Roll the sticks first in the flour, then in the egg and finally in the breadcrumbs.
Pour the oil into the pan, bring to temperature and start frying the croquettes being careful not to touch them for the first few minutes.
Allow to brown, then remove them gently and put them on kitchen paper to dry the excess oil.