Neapolitan croquettes recipe - Crocchè di patate


NEAPOLITAN CROQUETTES (Crocchè di patate)                


 
 
TIME: 20 minutes
 
LEVEL:
 
SERVES: 4 people
 
INGREDIENTS:

1kg/2.2lb of potaotes
60gr/2oz of butter
2 whole eggs + 1 yolk
4 tablespoons of parmesan
Breadcrumbs
Parsley
Salt and pepper
Some flour
Olive oil
 
PREPARATION:

Wash the potatoes, boil and peel them when still warm. Smash them a couple of times in the potato masher until no lump are visible. Add the butter previously softened, grated parmesan, minced parsley, salt, pepper and the 2 yolks (one after the other). Work the compounds with greasy hands and shape the croquettes. Transfer them in flour and then in the 2 albumen and in 1 whole egg previously beaten together.  Roll in breadcrumbs.
Fry the crocchè in abundant hot olive oil, strain in blotting paper and serve still hot.
 
 
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