Cheese stuffed potato balls – Baked
About:
A delicious appetizer or side dish, baked potato balls skip the frying and utilize high-heat baking to achieve a delightfully crispy exterior, to contrast the creamy interior. Serve these tasty potato balls with sour cream or dipping sauces
They’re so soft and mushy on the inside full of goodness and crispy and delicious on the outside. Bring a fantastic dish to a party or serve something a little different.
Yields: 12-15 (depends on the size of the potato)
Preparation time-25-30 minutes (cooking time of potato)
Baking time-30 minutes
Ingredients:
- Potato-2 large
- Salt- to taste
- Paprika-1/2tsp
For stuffing:
- Cheddar cheese-50-75 gms (preferably low-fat cheese)
- Rosemary-1 spring
- Garlic powder- 2tsp
- Crushed black pepper- 1/2tsp
- Oil- for baking
For coating:
- Any Milk of choice-1/4 cup
- Corn starch-2 tbsp
- Bread crumbs-1/2 cup
- Dried herbs-1/4 tsp (optional)
Procedure:
- Peel and quarter the potatoes. Bring a large pot of water to boil.
- Add salt and place quartered potatoes in the pot and cook for 15-20 minutes or until fork tender, drain. Allow it to cool a bit and then mash it using a masher and add salt, chilli powder and mix well until combined and divide into equal portions and keep aside.
For stuffing:
- Place cheese, rosemary, garlic powder, crushed black pepper in a food processor whizz until crushed.
- Transfer to a bowl and set aside.
For coating:
- In one shallow bowl whisk corn starch, milk and set aside.
- In another shallow bowl combine bread crumbs, dried herbs and set aside.
For baking:
- Pre-heat the oven at 200 deg C. line the baking tray with baking sheet, grease and keep aside.
- Now press the centre of each ball and fill with a spoon of cheese mixture and then wrap the potato around the cheese and continue with the rest of the potato and cheese.
- Dip the potato balls into the milk-corn starch mixture and then roll into the breadcrumbs and repeat twice to coat well.
- Then arrange the coated potato-cheese balls in the prepared baking tray.
- Spray the potato balls with olive oil spray and bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden flipping halfway.
Serve hot with tomato chilli sauce (recipe click here)
Note:
- If you love more cheese in stuffing feel free to add more.
Posted on December 10, 2014, in Appetizers, Indian, International, Starters. Bookmark the permalink. 30 Comments.
I love cheese balls of all sorts and these look so yummy. Ahhhh… the pleasure of biting into a crisp cheese ball and coming across the gooey centre. 🙂
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My mouth is watering reading your feedback :)….Thanks dear
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I have a bunch of potatoes and now I finally know what to make out of them! These sound incredible!
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Thanx a ton, appreciate your visit and feedback… hope you enjoy it… wait to hear from you. … 🙂
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Reblogged this on MrMilitantNegro™.
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Thank you
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Thank you, have a great day.
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Cheesy appetizer looks tempting C:-)
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Thank you V… 🙂
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these look fantastic! So cheesey and melty and warm. Yum.
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Thank you Liz. ..it was yummmm indeed. … good day… 🙂
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wow……..potato cheese balls……….one of my favourite snacks……. 😀
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Thank you Jay…glad to know….. 😊
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These look amazing. A must-try!
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Thank you my friend. .. hope you enjoy… wait to hear from you… good day… 🙂
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Gooey Gommy Goodness!
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Thank you Debbie. .. 🙂
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Reblogged this on Chef Ceaser.
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Thank you
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Reblogged this on Keitochan Says:.
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Thank you for the support..
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Thanks so much for this recipe..it looks so delicious and yummy!!
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Glad you liked it…Have a good day
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Looks sooo good! What a great way to use potatoes. Looking forward to trying these out 🙂
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Thanx a ton for stopping by and encouraging me with your lovely feedback- it means a lot to me. … hope you enjoy… goid day. ..:)
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Your special cheese balls look outstanding & ooh so fabulous even! Yum!
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Thank you Sophie. … it was yumm indeed… have a fabulous weekend. .. 🙂
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Reblogged this on rosemondemarchand.wordpress.com gratuit and commented:
Appétissant!
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Thank you Rose for the support… good day…
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Tank y ou so chitra!bonne soirée à toi!
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