Countess Morphy’s croquettes

Name: Countess Morphy’s croquettes
Yield: To serve four
Cuisine: Northern Europe
Ingredients: 25 g (1 oz) butter or 1 tablespoon bacon fat; 25 g (1 oz) butter or 1 tablespoon bacon fat; 3 tablespoons milk; 225 g (½ lb) plain mashed potato; 50 g (2 oz) self-raising flour; salt

Preparation info

To serve
four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

British Cooking

By Caroline Conran

Published 1978

About

These are usefully made from leftover mashed potato and should be very light. Serve with bacon or with fried eggs.

Ingredients

25 g (1 oz) butter or 1 tablespoon bacon fat

Europe
United Kingdom
Leftovers
Brunch
Breakfast
Vegetarian

Method

Beat the butter or bacon fat and milk into the mashed potato, then mix in the flour. Season with a little salt, form into little rolls the size and shape of corks, and fry.