Creamy Potato Balls - potatoes

Method

• Peel potatoes; chop roughly.
• Cook in boiling salted water until tender.
• Drain and mash until smooth.
• Beat cream cheese and softened butter until smooth.
• Add milk and eggs, beat together. Add mashed potatoes to cream cheese mixture and beat until smooth. Chop bacon, saute in frying pan for 2 minutes; add to potato mixture with chopped shallots.
• Cool mixture.
• Form tablespoons of mixture into balls.
• Coat lightly with flour, dip in combined beaten extra egg and milk and coat with breadcrumbs.
• Coat again with egg and milk mixture and breadcrumbs.
• Deep fry in hot oil until golden.
• Makes about 100 balls.