anyway, today i made these things called beef croquettes aka pegedil. :P well, yes. but i suppose a rather modern version la kot. croquettes makes it sound more gourmet don't you think? it's simple, quite nice and delicious even BEFORE it becomes the croquettes.
what you need
- 400g potatoes
- 250g minced beef (i used mutton because for some reason, that was the only thing in my freezer)
- one big onion, finely chopped
- thyme
- parsley
- 1 tbsp tomato ketchup
- 0.5 tsp worcestershire sauce
- salt and pepper to taste
- flour to coat
what you do
- peel, boil and mash the potatoes with a glob of butter. set aside to cool
- heat some oil and fry the onions until tender and transparent
- add the mince, and fry until browned. this takes about a minute-ish
- put in some thyme (although i didn't use it - takde), salt and pepper to taste, and then fry the mix some more - about a minute
- add the mince mix to the potato and add the chopped parsley (again, i didn't use it cause i didn't have it), ketchup and worcestershire sauce.
- stir well then pop in the fridge for a while to cool
- once cool, shape it into balls, or fat sausage shapes and roll in the flour to coat. the mixture was a bit soft i find so if you're not comfortable with it, chuck some flour in.
- put in the fridge again to chill, at least an hour. i did a short cut and chucked it in the freezer hehe
- heat some oil to brown. try and fry with as little oil as possible. too much oil and it'll break. i deep fried my first batch a la pegedil and the whole thing DISINTEGRATED!!
- voila! croquettes!!
Little A loved this dish dipped in ketchup. Big A actually tried some so that's an improvement. there's a gravy that goes with it but i've yet to try it (cause it read like it was tricky :p). you can freeze this, so it's good as a stanby thing. i'm thinking of making it for a party. (ambitiousnya!)
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