Ingredients
450 g potatoes, cooked
50 g butter or margarine
100 ml milk
1 salt and pepper
1 oil for frying
Directions
Serves 2-3
You can use leftover baked potatoes for this dish if you have them
around. The simple device of browning a cake of mashed potatoes until
it is golden on both sides is one of the most delicious ways of
cooking potatoes. Warming, satisfying food.
Mash the potatoes thoroughly with the butter or margarine, and beat
to a smooth pur,e with the milk. Season well with salt and pepper.
Put a little oil into a heavy bottomed pan and press the mixture down
into it. Fry until the bottom is well browned, over a very low heat -
about 20 minutes. Turn over and brown the second side for a further
20 minutes or so. Turn out on to a warm serving-dish.
Copyright Rosamond Richardson 1996
Meal-Master format courtesy of Karen Mintzias
Servings: 2 servings
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