leftover mashed potatoes

[jayhay]

I don't know what it is about me, but I always have have copious amounts of mashed potatoes left over after a family dinner, such as Easter.

What do you do with them?

[petite tête de chou]

Potato madeleines! click

[francois]

Little potato pancakes, with chives, a bit of sour cream and smoked salmon! MIAM!

[Rachel Perlow]

Freeze them in amounts appropriate for a regular weekday dinner. They defrost and reheat fine in the microwave. Once you can break up the block put it in a bowl and stir every minute or so.

[Luckylies]

croquettes!!!!!!!!!! you can even freeze then breaded and ready to go... good with sunday breakfast.

[emmalish]

Send them to me. Mmmmmmmmm.

[Kim D]

My grandmother always made lefse with leftover mashed potatoes.

Me, I make shepherd's (lamb) pie or cottage (beef) pie. I love them both.

- kim

[Pan]

I wonder how a Spanish-style tortilla would work. Tortillas use chopped potatoes, but I think mashed might be OK. Anyone ever try it?

[chefdg]

Gnocci are nice, just add a little egg and flour to make a soft dough. Tortilla espagnola would not be very nice with mashed potatoes, the texture of the sliced is better with the eggs and onions.

[Brithack]

fish cakes!!!

[jackal10]

Potato bread

Potato scones

Potato farls

Bubble and Squeak

[jsolomon]

Divide into 1 cup portions and use those portions in your bread dough. The yeast goes nuts over the potato starch.

[alohabear]

I like to mix it up with a can of corned beef, onions.an egg and some bread crumbs to make hash patties.

[Jason Perlow]

croquettes!!!!!!!!!! you can even freeze then breaded and ready to go... good with sunday breakfast. 

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Oh yeah. Stuffed with seasoned ground meat, or ham and cheese. Or shrimp and black eyed peas. Or chicken curry. The Brazilian/Japanese style ones that use panko bread crumbs as the coating are fantastic.

[Jason Perlow]

I wonder how a Spanish-style tortilla would work. Tortillas use chopped potatoes, but I think mashed might be OK. Anyone ever try it?

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It would be an utter disaster, Michael. It would be all over the place. You need firm potatoes to make a good one.

[Brithack]

no.

definitely fish cakes.

yum.

[beccaboo]

Fadge (thin potato cakes baked on a griddle).

Apple fadge (thicker potato cakes with thinly sliced apple in the middle).

[sadistick]

It's funny you posted this, as I just had some leftover mash from the other night...

I chopped up some chives, cubed a few pieces of smoked mozerella, made balls out of the mash, inserted smoked moz in center, made in to patties...egg wash - penko - fry on high heat watching carefully.

[Chufi]

I wonder how a Spanish-style tortilla would work. Tortillas use chopped potatoes, but I think mashed might be OK. Anyone ever try it?

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It would be an utter disaster, Michael. It would be all over the place. You need firm potatoes to make a good one.

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I just bought Claudia Roden's book Tamarind & Saffron and she gives a recipe for a Tunesian mashed potato omelet: Mash from 500 grams potatoes, 1 onion minced and fried, 3 eggs, a whole bunch of parsley, salt and pepper all mixed together and fried in oil. It's called maacouda.

[jsolomon]

You could also take a page out of the M*A*S*H book and ferment it, then make vodka/gin.

*make sure it's legal in your locale*

[jayhay]

You could also take a page out of the M*A*S*H book and ferment it, then make vodka/gin.

*make sure it's legal in your locale*

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Now you're talking!

Thanks for all these ideas, everyone.

[Viola da gamba]

Potato farls

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I need more coffee - I saw that as potato "farts" - sorry.

When we make mashed potatoes, we always make waaaay too much so that we have leftovers & then I can do my favourite second-day mashed potato food - melt goose fat (1/2 olive oil, 1/2 butter will do, but goose fat is best) in a frying pan - put all mashed potatoes (or as many as will fit - remember, they'll reduce by at least 1/3 over the process) in pan with salt, pepper & garlic (if you didn't use garlic in the original mash) - flatten (gently to avoid splatter) - fry gently until browned on one side, then turn & fry on other side. Even better if you turn unevenly & then push the crunchy bits into the unfried bits for an all-over fried fatty goodness - add more goose fat (or other fat) as needed - serve. Yum.

Edited March 31, 2005 by Viola da gamba (log)

[Jason Perlow]

I wonder how a Spanish-style tortilla would work. Tortillas use chopped potatoes, but I think mashed might be OK. Anyone ever try it?

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It would be an utter disaster, Michael. It would be all over the place. You need firm potatoes to make a good one.

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I just bought Claudia Roden's book Tamarind & Saffron and she gives a recipe for a Tunesian mashed potato omelet: Mash from 500 grams potatoes, 1 onion minced and fried, 3 eggs, a whole bunch of parsley, salt and pepper all mixed together and fried in oil. It's called maacouda.

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Interesting. Wouldnt be the same thing as a Tortilla de Patatas though.

[maremosso]

Make an Aloo Subzi side - here is a version:

Temper half a teaspoon mustard seeds in hot oil (even better: ghee). Add half a teaspoon cumin seeds, then some fresh ginger and a thinly sliced red onion. Saute till golden coloured. Add a little turmeric, stir a couple of secs, then add 2 or 3 crushed garlic cloves and a thinly sliced green chili. Stir.

As soon as the aroma develops, add your leftover mashed potatoes and stir quickly.

Top with 1 teaspoon garam masala, stir to blend and take off the fire.

Squeeze some lemon juice on top, mix and served garnished with coriander or chopped scallions.

[pedro]

I wonder how a Spanish-style tortilla would work. Tortillas use chopped potatoes, but I think mashed might be OK. Anyone ever try it?

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Unless you're playing some risky game of foamy deconstruction not to be tried at home, there's no way that mashed potatoes could replace fried potatoes in a tortilla de patatas.