Stuffed potatoes — cropped photograph of the dish

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Stuffed potatoes

Stuffed potatoes

Stuffed potatoes

Mashed potato croquettes stuffed with beef, olive, and hard-boiled egg, fried and served with Creole sauce.

Mashed potato croquettes stuffed with beef, olive, and hard-boiled egg, fried and served with Creole sauce.

Mashed potato croquettes stuffed with beef, olive, and hard-boiled egg, fried and served with Creole sauce.

Préparation
25 min + 2 to 3 hours of resting time
Cuisson
40 to 50 min
Difficulté
Intermediate

Ingrédients

Les quantités s’adaptent automatiquement.

4 convives
  • 9 (about 1 kg) piecespeeled potatoes
  • 12 clvegetable oil for the filling
  • 1 lvegetable oil for frying
  • 2 pieceschopped onions
  • 3 piecesminced garlic cloves
  • 2 tbsppanca chili pepper paste
  • 2 or 3 piecesyellow chili peppers, seeded, ribs removed, chopped
  • 12 clchicken broth
  • 500 gbeef tenderloin, cut into 1 cm cubes
  • 8 piecespitted black olives
  • 2 pieceshard-boiled eggs, quartered
  • to tastesalt and pepper
  • 25 clcreole sauce
  • 0,5 piecered onion, thinly sliced into rings
  • 0,5 pieceyellow chili pepper, thinly sliced into rings

Préparation

  1. Boil the potatoes for 10 minutes in boiling water, drain them, and then mash them into a smooth purée.
  2. Season the purée with salt and pepper, then let it rest for 2 to 3 hours in a cool place.
  3. Sauté the onions, garlic, panca chili paste, and yellow chilies in 12 cl of oil for 4 to 5 minutes over medium heat.
  4. Pour in the broth, add the beef, and continue cooking until the meat is cooked through. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
  5. Knead the cold potato purée and form eight oval balls of about 7.5 × 5 cm.
  6. Flatten each ball, place a portion of the filling, an olive, and a hard-boiled egg wedge in the center, then close and reshape the potato ball.
  7. Heat the frying oil to 180°C (350°F) and fry the stuffed potatoes for 8 minutes, until they are golden and crispy.
  8. Drain and serve with the Creole sauce, red onion, and yellow chili.

The suggested quantities are a starting point: adjust the seasoning and cooking time according to the products used.