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3 cups chilled leftover mashed potatoes
2/3
cup shredded cheddar or pepper jack cheese
1
tablespoon chopped parsley
1
egg
3
tablespoons all-purpose flour (or more)
1/2
cup all-purpose flour in a shallow bowl
Vegetable
oil, for pan-frying
Salsa,
for serving
Instructions
In
a large bowl, stir together the mashed potatoes, cheese, parsley, egg, and 3
tablespoons flour until combined. If it’s too wet, add more flour, a tablespoon
at a time. If it seems too dry, add another egg.
Using
your hands, divide the mixture into 12 portions. Roll each portion into a
compact ball then flatten it into a pancake about a 1/2-inch-thick.
Dredge each pancake in the flour and place it on wax or parchment paper, pressing the edges in to firm the pancake.
Heat 3 to 4 tablespoons of oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat. (Add enough oil to thoroughly coat the bottom of the pan.) Fry the pancakes, in batches, until they're golden brown and crispy on both sides, 3 to 4 minutes.
Add more oil to the pan as needed between batches. (Do not overcrowd the pan and do not flip the pancakes too soon or they won't develop a crisp crust.) Transfer the pancakes to a paper towel-lined plate and immediately sprinkle them with salt.
Serve
the potato pancakes topped with salsa. We had ours with chicken sausage and broccoli, but you do you! Sour cream works, plus eggs and bacon.
Readers: Do you have a potato pancake recipe you love? Latkes or otherwise? Or do you make gnocchi out of leftover mashed potatoes? (That might be next for me.)
I'll send one commenter one of the recipe card packets the Mystery Lovers' Kitchen assembled last night to give away at Malice Domestic convention this morning!
From left, Leslie Karst, Tina Kashian, Vicki Delaney, Libby Klein, and me, Edith/Maddie.
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Maddie Day (aka Edith Maxwell) is a talented amateur chef and holds a PhD in Linguistics from Indiana University. An Agatha Award-winning and bestselling author, she is a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America and also writes award-winning short crime fiction. She lives with her beau and sweet cat Martin north of Boston, where she’s currently working on her next mystery when she isn’t cooking up something delectable in the kitchen.
