Potato Croquettes With Fontina Cheese

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 3/4 lbs potatoes
• 3 eggs
• 2 ounces parmigiano, freshly grated
• 3 1/2 ounces fontina cheese, cut into sticks
• 2 ounces cooked ham, cut into sticks or 2 ounces prosciutto, slice cut into sticks
• 3 ounces breadcrumbs
• oil, for deep-frying
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 cook the whole unpeeled potatoes in plenty of salted water for about 40-45 minutes until tender, then drain, peel and place into a bowl.
• 2 mash with a potato masher.
• 3 separate one of the eggs and stir the yolk and one whole egg into the potato with the parmigiano cheese.
• 4 mix well and season with salt and pepper.
• 5 shape the mixture into croquettes and push a stick of fontina cheese and a stick of ham into each.
• 6 beat the remaining egg with a pinch of salt in a shallow dish and spread out the breadcrumbs in another shallow dish.
• 7 heat the oil for deep-frying in a large pan.
• 8 dip the croquettes in the beaten egg, then in the breadcrumbs and fry in the hot oil until golden brown.
• 9 remove with a slotted spoon, drain on kitchen paper and pile onto a warm serving dish.
• 10 garnish with basil leaves.
• 11 serves 4.
• 12 that's it!