Potato croquettes with pesto

Ingredients

2 Potatoes

1 mozzarella ball cut into strips

Salt

1 egg-beaten

Breadcrumbs

Oil for deep frying

Sauce

20 Basil leaves

3 Parsley stalks

1 clove garlic

6 pitted black olives

¼ cup olive oil

50g (2oz) pine nuts

Method

1.       Cook potatoes in their skins

2.       When cooked, peel and mash with wooden spoon.

3.       Sprinkle with salt and set aside to cool

4.       Make balls out of the mashed potatoes to the size of a table tennis ball

5.       Flatten the end of each ball; insert a mozzarella strip in the middle.

6.       Close balls to form cylinder shapes

7.       Dip cylinders in the egg and breadcrumbs and deep fry till browned.

Sauce Method

Place all the ingredients in a food processor, process to a paste and pour over the fried croquettes.

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