Weight Loss Recipes: POTATO PUFFS

Preparation + cooking time: 25 minutes

Ingredient:600 g coliban potatoes, peeled, chopped coarsely


50 g butter, softened


1 clove garlic, crushed


3 rindless bacon slices (195 g), chopped finely


½ cup (75 g) self-raising flour


1 egg, beaten lightly


2 green onions, chopped finely


¾ cup (90 g) finely grated gruyere cheese vegetables oil, for deep frying


Preparing:Boil, steam or microwave potato until tender and drain.
Mash potato with butter and garlic until smooth and cool.


Meanwhile, cook bacon in oiled, small frying pan until crisp and drain on absorbent paper. Add bacon, flour, egg, onion and cheese to potato mixture and stir until combined.


Heat oil in large deep frying pan and deep-fry level tbsp of the potato mixture, in batches, until browned. Drain on absorbent paper. Serve with sour cream, if you like.


MAKES 30Nutritional information per puff:Energy 318 kJ; total fat 5 g (sat fat 2 g); carbohydrate 4.5 g; protein 3 g; fiber 0.4 g

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