Mashed Potato Bites #2

~sweet and filling

There are so many amazing things we can do to save leftover food. This recipe is just one exemple of the several tricks thanks to which you can recreate something that you're no longer in the mood for instead of throwing it away. Leftover mashed potatoes? No problem - turn them into dumplings! Not in the mood for anything sweet? Check out my Mashed Potato Bites #1 recipe for some dumplings in tomato sauce!

Ingredients:

✔ 550 g mashed potatoes

✔ 1 egg for the bites

✔ 320 g flour for the bites

✔ 2 l water for boiling for the bites

✔ 200 g breadcrumbs

✔ 4 tbsp brown sugar

✔ 2 tbsp ground cinnamon

✔ 10 g bourbon vanilla sugar

✔ 2 tpsb oil

Instructions:

1. In a large cooking pot, put on about 2 l water to boil. For the bites, transfer the mashed potates in a large bowl. Add the egg and the flour, and knead until you get a shapable dough. It should be a bit stikcy, but not too much - you can add more flour if neccessary.

2. When you have a somehow shapable dough and the water is boiling, take a spoon and cut small pieces of the dough into the boiling water. Slowly stir from time to time. Bring to boil again and leave for about 10 more minutes from boiling point (the bites come up to the top of the water).

3. Transfer the bites in a strainer and set them aside to dry.

4. Meahwhile, prepare the breadcrumbs. Measure the oil into a frying pan and wait until hot, Add the breadcrumbs and stir frequently until it changes in colour and becomes golden. Be careful not tu burn it.

5. When you got the desired colour, take it off the heat. Add the sugar, vanilla sugar and cinnamon,

6. Transfer the bites into the frying pan and cover them in the breadcrumbs.

7. Serve with sour cream and jam.

Enjoy! :)