Fun to look at, and interesting to make, these vegetarian mice are a treat for the eyes and palette.

For these delicious potato mice, you will need:

Ingredients :

  • 3- 4 medium-sized potatoes
  • 6 Tbsp milk
  • Salt and pepper as per taste
  • A few Raisins
  • Grated cheese (sure as mozzarella or cheddar)
  • 1 Tbsp oil
  • 30 gm butter
  • Cherry tomatoes/carrots
  • Cucumber/radishes

 

edible Mice- a fun Vegetarian treat

 

Instructions

  1. Wash the potatoes and pat them dry. Prick the skins with a fork and put the potatoes on a baking tray. Brush them with oil.
  2. Bake the potatoes until they are soft. Medium-sized potatoes will take about one hour in an oven heated to 200 ◦C.
  3. Once they are cool enough to handle, cut off the tops and carefully take out the soft potato centres.
  4. Mash the soft centres with butter, milk and cheese. Add a pinch of salt and pepper, then fill the mixture back into the potato skins.
  5. Sprinkle with cheese and cook the potatoes on the grill over a few minutes until they are golden.
  6. Make a nose and whiskers with half a tomato or carrot held in place with a cocktail stick and chives tucked behind (see the images for details).
  7. Finish decorating with raisins eyes, radish/cucumber ears and spring onion tails.

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