I know you're curious to know what a Rissole is - well...thank Wikpedia for this "A rissole...is a small croquette, enclosed in pastry or rolled in breadcrumbs, usually baked or deep fried. It is filled with sweet or savory ingredients, most often minced meat or fish, and is served as an entree, dessert or side dish."
I've had the English variety which are normally made from left over meat, often corned beef, so I thought with all this left over mac & cheese in the freezer, I just had to come up with a different way to serve it. Thus, the Cheesy Mac Rissole was born...and not a day prematurely I might add.
Now, does that look good or what? I took the cold macaroni, formed it into one large cake, coated it in flour, dipped it in egg wash then Italian dried breadcrumbs and fried it in a small amount of oil in a no-stick pan for about 5 minutes a side. Now tell me...are you interested?
You can certainly make it easier on yourself flipping them if you make them smaller to begin with. I was showing off (again), consequently it was a pain to flip over - I used the bottoms of two tart tins and burned myself in the process. So do yourself a favor and if you try them, make them about the size of burger patties, or even in small logs. It'll save you running to the drug store for burn cream, never mind clearing the air of the color "blue" if you get my drift.
We had the rissoles with sliced tomatoes and sweet pickles on the side. There was absolutely no way to make this any better than it was. Aren't you just dying to try my Download Special Mac & Cheese? Just look at the leftovers!
Now what will this lady come up with next?
I think she is genius.
Posted by: Betty | 05/26/2009 at 06:42 PM
We had alot left over (I'd cooked 4 pounds of pasta) so I had to come up with something!
Posted by: JBug | 05/27/2009 at 07:18 AM