Taking advantage of the temperature drop, I am back deep frying…for all tips on how to properly deep fry, please go here.

And so, today’s special are deep fried potato nuggets, a scrumptious starter that can become a main course if accompanied with a fresh salad.

Deep fried potato nuggets

(Doses for 3 persons)

• 3 medium-size potatoes

• 25 g of parmigiano cheese

• 1 table spoon of flour

• a pinch of salt

• flour for the breading, as needed

• sunflower seed oil, as needed

Peel the potatoes and boil them. Let the potato cool down and mashed them. Put the mashed potatoes in a bowl and mix them with the parmigiano cheese, the salt and the table spoon of flour. Take a bit of the mixture and make some small balls with your hands, then press them a bit, so that you’ll obtain disk-shaped nuggets.

Warm up the oil in a saucepan with tall edges. In the meanwhile, flour the nuggets and set them aside.

Deep fry the nuggets in the hot oil. Try to do not deep fry more than two nuggets at the time. As soon as the nuggets turn gold-brown, remove them from the oil and let them dry on a tray covered with absorbent paper. Serve the potato nuggets warm.