Potatoes a good bet for sweet dishes

Potatoes a good bet for sweet dishes

JAKARTA (JP): Versatile potatoes can be the main ingredient in
a sweet cake, as in the first recipe below, or a variation on
traditional perkedel spicy croquettes.

Potato Cake
400 grams boiled potatoes
6 chicken eggs
250 grams fine sugar
1 tablespoon raising agent
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
150 grams flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
100 grams margarine, melted
1 teaspoon lime peel, shaved
100 grams raisins
1 tablespoon margarine (to grease the baking pan)
2 tablespoons of flour (to dust the cake tin)

(Makes six servings)

* 1. Peel the boiled potatoes and mash when still hot.
* 2. Mix the eggs, sugar, raising agent and vanilla until the
mixture is white and of a thick consistency.
* 3. Add flour, potatoes and baking powder, mix evenly, adding
margarine and shaved lime peel. Stir evenly.
* 4. Add the raisins. Pour the batter into a greased and floured
cake tin.
* 5. Bake in a moderate oven until the top of the cake is a
brownish color and thoroughly cooked. If desired, a glazing can
be made from 200 grams of fine sugar mixed with three to four
tablespoonfuls of boiling water or lime juice.

Smoked Meat Perkedel

A croquette of spicy ground meat and mashed potatoes, although
corn and other types of starch are sometimes used.

1 kilogram potatoes, boiled
400 grams oil for frying
1 chicken egg, separated
100 grams smoked meat, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons fried onions
1 tablespoon chopped celery
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg powder
1 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
15 quail eggs, boiled and shelled

(makes 15 servings)

* 1. Peel the potatoes, wash and dice them. Fry until cooked and
mash while still warm.
* 2. Mix the potatoes with the yolk, smoked

meat, fried onion, celery, nutmeg, pepper and salt.
* 3. Take one tablespoonful of the mixture, dip it in the egg

white and fry until golden brown. Drain completely.

Recipes courtesy of Kreasi Hidangan Kentang (Presenting Potato
Creations) by Wahyuni Mulyawati and Ilse Harahap (Gramedia
Pustaka Utama/2000).