Let’s start off with something simple! This isn’t an exact-quantities recipe, it’s more of a make-use-of-what-you’ve-got-lying-around one.
Ingredients
Some potatoes
A bit of egg
Whatever else is in your fridge/cupboard
Special equipment
Biscuit cutter
Method
- Boil potatoes in plenty of salted water.
- Drain and mash when cooked through.
- Add other things – I added a bit of sweet potato, you could add some sautéed spring onion or something (I don’t like them but I can see they would work), maybe a bit of cheese. I always recommend a knob of butter and some (not too much!) milk. And salt and black pepper of course!
- Make shapes on a baking sheet (astute readers will have guessed that I boringly used squares) using your biscuit cutter. Brush with the egg and bake for about 15 minutes or until they are crisping up and going brown.
Cookery books never say “going brown” do they? I think I mean “turning a delicate golden colour”. Yes, that’s better.
Use more adventurous shapes and give your children some home-made smiley faces/alphabites!
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