Mashed Potato Balls With Pink Sauce

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 -3 medium yukon gold potatoes
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup sharp cheddar cheese
• 1/2 cup plain breadcrumbs
• 1/2 cup hot & spicy breadcrumbs (or make your own by mixing plain breadcrumbs with red pepper flakes and cayenne pepper)
• salt and pepper
• 1/4-1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon tomato ketchup
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley flakes

Recipe

• 1 for pink sauce -.mix the mayonnaise, ketchup, thyme, and parsley together in a bowl. let is sit until serving.
• 2 for mashed potato balls -.peal potatoes and cut them into equal sized chunks. bring to a boil in salted water and cook until fork tender. drain.
• 3 mince the garlic cloves by hand or by a garlic mincer (preferred) and cook in one tablespoon butter in the same pot that was used to cook the potatoes.
• 4 mash the potatoes on a cutting board or in a bowl, then add the garlic. add milk and the remaining butter as well. mix until combined.
• 5 add cheese to mashed potato mixture until melted.
• 6 add the plain breadcrumbs or as much needed for the potato mixture to come together while mixing. move the potatoes from the pot into another bowl.
• 7 add 1/4 - 1/2 cup vegetable oil to the pot to fry the potato balls.
• 8 roll the mashed potatoes into balls then roll them lightly in the hot & spicy breadcrumbs. fry three balls at a time in the pot, then drain on a paper towel.
• 9 serve with the pink sauce.