Fried Roasted Garlic Cheese Potato Balls

You know those mashed potatoes sitting in the fridge? SURE we all know they are just as good reheated but want to make them even BETTER? This recipe is how.  Would be a great appetizers as well make ahead- and then just fry them up the day of.

Kids loved them.  I had to hide the rest in the fridge behind things so I would have some for today for me!
Inspiration recipe here

2 cups mashed potatoes
3/4 cup Gruyere Cheese
Roasted Garlic-2-3 Cloves 
2-3 Eggs
Panko and regular bread crumbs (about 3/4 cup total)
Salt
Oil to fry with 

Get your garlic roasting in the oven (Hint since i didn't need the oven for anything else I just used the toaster oven). I put a dab of butter in with the head of garlic- wrapped in aluminum foil and in at 400F until soft (room starts smelling I took it out. about 30-40minutes. Reasons to love roasted garlic- peels ooh so easy- no need to mince it just smashes right up!

Meanwhile shred your cheese, get your potatoes to room temperature. In a bowl place the cheese, roasted garlic cloves and fold in the mashed potatoes.  In a seperate bowl whip 2-3 eggs (For drenching) and in another bowl/plate mix the panko and regular bread crumbs.

Take about a tablespoon of mashed potatoes and roll into a ball. Drench in eggs, roll in bread crumbs and repeat so they are double breaded. I will fully admit the last few I got lazy and only breaded 1x- trust me do the 2x it is OH so worth the small amount of extra work.

Once you have them all rolled and breaded get some oil heated up in a sauce pan. I used just enough to cover the bottom. You could fill up with a couple inches of oil- but personally that just seemed wasteful. Place the balls in and rotate around so all sides are golden brown- 2-3 minutes total on average. Remove with tongs or a slotted spoon and place on a dish with paper towel to absorb extra oil.
Sprinkle with salt.

Serve sit back and enjoy all the adoration you deserve for these delicious bite fulls!