Greek cheese and potato patties
Greek cheese and potato patties recipe in the vegetarian category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1 1/4 pounds potatoes
- 4 ounces feta cheese
- 4 spring onions, chopped
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 egg, beaten
- Flour for dredging
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Recipe method:
- Boil the potatoes in their skins in lightly salted water until soft.
- Drain, then peel while still warm.
- Place in a bowl and mash.
- Crumble the feta cheese into the potatoes.
- Add the spring onions, dill, lemon juice and egg.
- Season with salt and pepper. The cheese is salty, so taste before you add salt. Stir well.
- Cover the mixture and chill until firm.
- Divide the mixture into walnut size balls, then flatten them slightly.
- Dredge with the flour.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the patties until golden brown on each side.
- Drain on kitchen paper and serve at once.
- Delicious little fried morsels of potato and feta cheese, flavoured with dill and lemon juice.
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