Name: Potato cakes with roasted vegetables
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 2 large or 4 medium baking potatoes; 1 small aubergine; 1 red or yellow pepper; 1 red onion; 1 clove of garlic; ½ tsp cumin; ½ tsp smoked paprika; 1 egg; 1 handful parsley, chopped; Salt & pepper; Breadcrumbs (gluten-free if needed)

Potato cakes with roasted vegetables

26 Apr 2023

by Dinna

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

45 minutes

Total Time

50 minutes

Background

You can make these potato cakes with roasted vegetables using leftover baked potatoes and vegetables. Alternatively, you can do the baking/roasting ahead and chill them until you’re ready to make and fry the patties. Serve them with a salad or as a side dish with grilled meat and fish. These little potato cakes are perfect for picnics and trips too, or you can take them with you to work in your lunchbox.

Ingredients

2 large or 4 medium baking potatoes
1 small aubergine
1 red or yellow pepper
1 red onion
1 clove of garlic
½ tsp cumin
½ tsp smoked paprika
1 egg
1 handful parsley, chopped
Salt & pepper
Breadcrumbs (gluten-free if needed)

Instructions

Put the potatoes on a baking tray and bake them in the oven for about 40 minutes or until you van easily push a skewer through them.
Cut the peppers in half and remove the seeds. Cut the onion into 4 wedges, the aubergine in half. Put them on a tray, season to taste, drizzle with oil, then roast them in the oven for 25 minutes.
When the veggies are tender, transfer them to a bowl, then put a plate on and let them cool. When cooled, remove and discard all skins.
When the potatoes are ready, let them cook, then scoop out their flesh into a bowl.
Put the vegetables into a small food processor and add the garlic, parsley and egg. Whiz, until get a textured paste.
Mash the potato flesh with a fork, then add the paste and the spices.Season to taste. Combine well.
Make patties and coat them with breadcrumbs.
Heat some oil in a frying pan and fry them for a few minutes, until golden, then turn them over and cook them on the other side too.
Serve the patties warm or at room temperature.