Italian
Potato Croquettes
by Manu Food · 60K subscribers on YouTube
Potato croquettes, the secret to prevent them from breaking.
- Difficulty
- medium
Ingredients
11 items- Potatoes
- Water
- Egg Yolks
- Salt
- Pepper
- Grated ParmigianoGrated Parmesan cheese
- MozzarellaDry mozzarella, cut into pieces
- FlourFor coating
- EggsBeaten whole eggs
- Grated BreadBreadcrumbs. For extra crunch, substitute with panko or crushed tarallo (Neapolitan cracker).
- Seed OilSeed oil for frying
Method
- Add the potatoes to a pot, cover with water and cook until tender.
- Check tenderness with a fork; the fork should enter easily. Remove the skin and let cool slightly.
- Mash the potatoes while still warm.
- Add egg yolks, salt, pepper and grated Parmesan.
- Knead energetically until smooth.
- Refrigerate to cool.
- Take a portion of the mixture, press a piece of dry mozzarella in the center, close and compact.
- Coat the croquettes in flour, then beaten eggs, then breadcrumbs (or panko/crushed tarallo for crunchier coating).
- Heat abundant seed oil.
- Fry in hot oil until golden and the mozzarella is melted.
- Remove and serve.


