Potato Cakes? (using leftover mashed potatoes)

[Just Kate]

I have some leftover mashed potatoes and would love to make potato cakes out of them. :drool5:

 

Anyone have a good recipe? Also, can I freeze these?

 

Thanks!

[celticmom]

:lurk5:I was looking for one at some point in the past and I think I ended up just making something up.

[momto2Cs]

Recipe I use comes from Irish Food and Cooking...

 

About 3 cups mashed potatoes

1-1.5 cups flour

Butter and salt to taste

 

Turn cooled mashed potatoes onto a floured cutting board/surface. Knead in as much flour as it takes to make a pliable dough. Roll out to a thickness of about 1/2 inch, and cut into triangles. They say you can cook them in a dry skillet as long as you heat it well first, but for me they always stick, so I use a little butter or cooking spray. Cook about 3-4 minutes on each side, or until crispy brown.

 

I think they'd freeze well - just wrap them carefully first.

[cindergretta]

My mother in law puts peas and carrots and ground pork (very small amounts of each) in the mashed potatoes, forms them into patties, coats them in Panko and very extremely lightly fries them. Oh wow, so yummy!

[Leah IL]

I would throw in an egg or two and enough flour to get the "right" consistency for potato pancakes.

[dbmamaz]

I think i used to do an egg or two and some grated onion and grated cheese . . . i craved them when i was pregnant with my first . .. fried, of course, not baked. the cheese makes this lovely crust . . .

[Just Kate]

Yum! Thanks everyone...I'm going to see what I can come up with using your suggestions. :)

[Lucy the Valiant]

I would throw in an egg or two and enough flour to get the "right" consistency for potato pancakes.

 

This is what we do - we fry them on the griddle and serve them with ketchup! They're so popular here that we make an extra-big batch of mashed potatoes just so we'll have extra every time! :)

 

Very filling, too! (We've never tried to freeze them, though - if that works, come back and let us know!) :)

[mom4him]

I simply mix about a doz eggs in with my mashed potatoes and fry. I have added onions and peppers but my two youngest don't like them that way. Now if someone wants that I simply drop a few of each in each cake. I love them with just butter but the kids like them with butter and honey.:tongue_smilie:

 

Of course salt and pepper to taste.