Mashed potato patties - a tasty and simple recipe

Kitchen appliances and utensils:

• pan with a lid;
• pan;
• wooden pusher or potato press, blender;
• cutting board;
• knife;
• large diameter plate;
• tablespoon;
• skimmer.

Ingredients

Step cooking

Cooking Mashed Potatoes

1. Wash and peel the potatoes (1 kg). Cut the tubers in half, large potatoes into 4 parts.
   
2. Put potatoes in a pan, pour cold water (1 liter). Put the pot on the fire. Wait for the potatoes to boil, remove the foam with a slotted spoon. Add salt (1 tsp) to boiling potatoes.
   
3. Cook until cooked (about 20 minutes) over medium heat. Drain the water from the finished potato. Crush potatoes with a wooden crush (or use a potato press, blender).
   
4. Add hot milk (50-70 ml) to the potato to make the mashed potatoes more elastic and uniform.
   
5. Mix well.
   

Onion frying

1. Peel the turnip onion (1 pc.). Cut the onions into very small cubes (4-5 mm).
   
2. Heat the pan well, put butter (30-40 g) on ​​it.
   
3. Pour onion cubes into a well-heated butter, fry until golden brown with constant stirring.
   

Cooking potato patties

1. Add onion frying to mashed potatoes, mix well. Allow the mass to cool slightly so that you can form patties without burning your hands.
   
2. Heat the oil in a pan well (40-50 ml). Sprinkle flour (100 g) onto a wide plate.
   
3. Take a serving of potato mass with a tablespoon.
   
4. Form with your hands a round or oblong cutlet (as you like).
   
5. Roll the patty in flour.
   
6. Put the cutlet in a very hot vegetable oil, fry on each side for 2-3 minutes, until golden brown. In the process of frying cutlets, add vegetable oil (40-50 ml) in portions to the pan.
   
7. Serve cutlets with salad, chopped fresh vegetables or vegetables from home-made preparations. If desired, put mayonnaise, sour cream on the patty or pour gravy (meat, mushroom).
   

Video recipe

The video illustrates the process of preparing potato cutlets step by step:

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