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Bacon-wrapped cheddar mashed potato balls

Name: Bacon-wrapped cheddar mashed potato balls
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 500 g Mashed potatoes; 100 g Cheddar cheese; 200 g Bacon; 1 Egg; Vegetable oil; 50 g Breadcrumbs; Salt and pepper; Sunflower seeds

Mashed potato balls filled with cheddar, coated in breadcrumbs and sunflower seeds, wrapped in bacon and fried in oil. Serves 4.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 40 min
Servings: 4 servings
Difficulty: Medium
Cuisine: Slovak

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These bacon-wrapped mashed potato balls are filled with cheddar and served as a warm bite-size appetizer. Mix the mashed potatoes with an egg, tuck a cube of cheddar into each ball, then coat with breadcrumbs and sunflower seeds and wrap in a slice of bacon. Secure with a toothpick and fry in hot oil.

This recipe is especially useful when you have mashed potatoes left over from the day before. Preparation takes about 25 minutes.

Instructions

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Mix the mashed potatoes with one egg. Shape into small balls, make an indentation in each, insert a cube of cheese, and seal the mashed potatoes around it.
Coat the balls in breadcrumbs, adding sunflower seeds or flaxseeds to the crumbs if desired, then wrap each ball in bacon.
Secure each ball with a toothpick or skewer and fry in hot oil.
Serve with ketchup, tartar sauce, or another sauce.

Tip: The mashed potatoes must be cold and firm; if they are too soft, thicken them with a tablespoon of breadcrumbs so the balls do not fall apart in the oil. Seal the cheese inside carefully so it does not leak out.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 527 kcal
Protein: 19 g
Carbohydrates: 31 g
of which sugars: 3.0 g
Fat: 36 g
of which saturates: 15 g
Fiber: 2.7 g
Salt: 3.1 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Zemiakové bombičky s čedarom a slaninou