Potato Croquettes

What is a potato croquette, you ask? Ours looked something like this:

But since we didn't take any pictures, this is just a generic photo from the internet. Anyway, they were tasty and fun to make, if a bit time-consuming. We used the rest of our 10-lb. bag of potatoes that Steve mentioned in an earlier post. Here's the recipe, from the Mark Bittman cookbook:

4 cups mashed potatoes
salt and pepper
3 T olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
2 T butter or more oil
flour for dredging
2 eggs, lightly beaten
breadcrumbs for dredging

Saute onions in 1 T oil until soft. Add to the mashed potatoes. Form the mixture into patties. Add the remaining oil or butter to the pan, dredge each patty in the flour, eggs, and breadcrumbs. Cook the patties as you would hamburgers, till browned on both sides. Add more salt and pepper to taste.

Note: They're a bit dry without any sort of sauce, so you might plan ahead so you have something to put on them. We didn't, but they were still good.