Bacon and Cheese Croquettes

Ingredients

• Mashed potatoes

  Home-prepared, whole milk and butter added

  2 cup or 420g

• Bacon

  Raw, cured pork

  4 strip or 48g

• Egg yolk

  Raw, fresh

  1 large yolk (separated from white) or 17g

• Onions

  Young green, tops only

  2 stalk or 24g

• Wheat flour

  White, all-purpose, unenriched

  1 cup or 125g

• Mozzarella cheese

  Part skim milk

  1 ½ oz or 43g

• Bread crumbs

  Dry, grated, plain

  1 cup or 108g

• Lowfat milk

  Fluid, 1% milkfat, with added vitamin a and vitamin d

  ¼ cup or 61g

• Egg

  Whole, fresh eggs

  1 large or 50g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  5 tbsp or 68g

Directions

1. Prepare mashed potatoes: Place chopped potatoes in a pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil and over hight heat and cook until fork tender. Drain, mash, and set aside.
2. Heat a non-stick frying pan over medium heat and cook bacon 3-4 minutes, or until crisp. Drain on paper towels and chop.
3. Combine mashed potato, egg yolk, onion, bacon, and ¼ cup of flour in a large bowl.
4. Roll heaped tablespoons of mixture into balls. Push one cheese cube into the center of each ball, molding mixture around to enclose the cheese.
5. Place remaining flour on a plate and breadcrumbs on another plate.
6. Whisk milk and egg together and place in a shallow bowl.
7. Roll croquettes in flour shaking off any excess. Dip in egg mixture then coat in breadcrumbs.
8. Heat oil in frying pan.
9. Cook croquettes in batches until golden brown, then transfer to a plate lined with paper towel and serve hot.