Potato Croquettes

[sherrardk]

I am going to make some of these next week, with a ham and cheese centre (yes, next thing you know I will be wasting my time stuffing mushrooms). When the recipe calls for breadcrumbs, does it mean those dried out things or actually crumbed proper bread? (And if it's crumbed bread how do you do it without a food processor?) Thanks.

[ubasses]

Home made are always best. If your bread is uncut, use a grater but do not have the bread too fresh.

[Buenchico]

I'd use stale bread and grate it.

[diddlydo]

It means dried out in the oven home-made ones - not the ghastly orange things you can buy.(actually do they still exist????)

[vodkancoke]

You can use a grater iinstead of a processor as others have said. M&S do some great fresh breadcrumbs which you can freeze. :)

[sherrardk]

Just looked on Asda and you can buy a teeny tiny lot of 'real' breadcrumbs for £1.50. I shall sort my own out (just need to hide some bread so it goes a bit stale.).

[Buenchico]

>>>just need to hide some bread so it goes a bit stale

Make sure it's 'proper' bread (e.g. a tin loaf) rather than wrapped sliced bread, Sherrardk. Mother's-Pride-type bread goes mouldy before it goes stale!

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

Let it go hard, freeze it and smack it with a rolling pin.

[sherrardk]

The bread crumb bit sounds more problematic than the actual potato bit.

This is what the recipe suggests - http://www.lovepotatoes.co.uk/recipes/kids-family-friendly/caterpillar-potato-croquettes

(No, I am not that mental!)

[Buenchico]

Sherrardk:
Aaaaww. Cute. Silly, but cute!

Mojo-Jo-Jo:
>>>Let it go hard, freeze it and smack it with a rolling pin
Is that a recipe or a suggestion from Fifty Shades of Grey?
;-)

[sherrardk]

HELLO!!! I'm not actually going to make them into sodding caterpillars, I love my kids but not that much!

[humbersloop]

^^ignore the smut ;)

finely smashed cream crackers are perfect sherr

[sherrardk]

Feel bad now Headwreck, might have guilt tripped me into sodding caterpillars (wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have so many kids, will have to do five and they are wearing shoes! Maybe I can do poor caterpillars who haven't got any shoes?)

[B00]

Make these instead Sherr, far less hassle, and has the gross factor that kids adore!

http://www.grouprecipes.com/123974/hotdog-spaghetti.html

[tamborine]

Put brown slices on oven bottom with low heat, when crispy put in tea cloth & let thingys jump on it or bash with hammer (bread, not kids).

make mash or easy smash & evenly spread on wet scrunched greaseproof. Lay filling on top of mash, grap edge of gproof & roll. Paint roll with beaten egg & cover with bcrumbs, back in oven for 10mins to firm up - portion roll.

ps I put my slices in CH boiler cabinet & tin till needed

[sherrardk]

Thanks all for the input - Boo, they are seriously minging.

[B00]

lol, I know, but mine especially loved it, especially as she was convinced they were worms!