Croquettes

This tasty recipe is perfect for fussy eaters and 
little people who don't like vegetables.

They won't even know that they are eating vegetables!

Millie & Poppy love to help with the breadcrumbing step.

 

INGREDIENTS (Makes 6 to 8 croquettes)

Suitable for freezing

Appropriate for 16 months plus

500g Potatoes, peeled and roughly chopped
1 to 2 Tsps Butter
75g Broccoli, cut into small florets
75g Carrots, peeled and quartered
Approx 60g Cheese, cut into 3cm x 1cm rods
1 Cup Panko Breadcrumbs
Sea Salt to season


METHOD

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.

Bring a large saucepan of lightly salted water to the boil.

Add the potatoes and carrots and cook until tender. Drain. Then mash with butter. Season to taste.

Meanwhile, place the broccoli in a steamer and cook until tender, approx 6 mins.

Cheese rod before rolled into a croquette

Coarsely chop the cooked broccoli, and add them into the mashed potato. Combine well.

Use your hands to shape the potato mixture around the cheese rods to form sausage shaped croquettes.

Roll the croquettes in the breadcrumbs until well coated.

Place croquettes on a lined oven tray and bake for 1o minutes. Then turn and bake for a further 10 minutes.

Serve with tomato sauce for dipping.