Cheesey Potato & Carrot Hash Browns

Cheesey Potato & Carrot Hash Browns

Tasty for dinner, lunch and school lunch boxes or makes a great hors d'oeuvre. Delicious hot or cold. Flavoured with local Gourmet Garden Herbs and delicious local Kenilworth Cheddar Cheese and introducing the new Kenilworth Organic Cold Pressed Olive Oil. 

Ingredients

·         1 large sweet potato.

·         1 washed potato, washed.

·         1 large carrot, washed and peeled.

·         2 stalks spring onion.

·         1 teaspoon Gourmet Garden Chives.

·         2 teaspoons Gourmet Garden Garlic.

·         1 cup Kenilworth Cheddar Cheese, grated.

·         3 Sanitarium rashers.

·         1 teaspoon Tumeric.

·         Karom Himalayan pink mineral salt to taste.

·         Pepper to taste.

·         Organic tomato sauce to serve.

·         1 & 1/2 tablespoons  organic cold pressed olive oil ( I use Kenilworth).

Method

·         Heat ½ tablespoon of the oil in a frying pan.

·         Slice thinly and fry the rashers until nicely cooked, set aside.

·         In a bowl grate the potato, sweet potato and carrot, mix together

·         Add in the chives, garlic, turmeric, salt and pepper to taste, cheese and rashers, combine well.

·         Heat 1 tablespoon or so of oil in a frying pan.

·         Take tablespoon size amounts of the mix in your hands and press the mixture together to make a patty shape, squeeze out excess moisture.

·         Fry just a couple at a time on a medium heat, allowing to go golden brown on each side, press down gently as you do.

·         Drain on paper towelling.

·         Turn onto a wire cooling rack.

·         Serve with a bowl of organic tomato sauce.

Notes

·         Great for kids lunch boxes, include a small container of the tomato sauce.

·         Use ham instead of the sanitarium rashers.

·         Swap the dipping tomato sauce for a bowl of sour cream mixed with gourmet garden chives and some fresh chives on top.

·         Great for picnics.

Toddler Tips

·         Make theirs toddler hand sized for ease of use. Serve with a fresh crunchy salad including things fresh beans, cucumber, cherry tomatoes and red capsicum.

This recipe I created for client Maleny Supa IGA and their Local Product Local Recipe - recipe cards. 
Recipe & Food Image Photography ©RebeccaMugridge 2013