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- 0:00Speaker 1: Potato gatto or gattodi patate is a traditionally apolytan potato cake.
- 0:05Speaker 1: It has a soft cream interior filled with cheese and
- 0:08Speaker 1: cured meats, and a golden, crispy crust on top. It
- 0:11Speaker 1: works well as a rich main course for family dinners, Sundays, holidays,
- 0:15Speaker 1: and buffettes. For a thirty by twenty two centimeter or
- 0:18Speaker 1: twelve by nine inch baking dish, you need preparation time
- 0:23Speaker 1: about thirty minutes, cook in time about one hour and
- 0:26Speaker 1: twenty minutes in total servings about six people. Ingredients yellow
- 0:33Speaker 1: potatoes old one point five kilograms that is four point
- 0:37Speaker 1: four pounds. Cook them proscutto koto two hundred and fifty
- 0:41Speaker 1: grams that is eight point eight ounces in one thick slice.
- 0:46Speaker 1: Smoked mozzarella di buffala or campania provola two hundred and
- 0:49Speaker 1: fifty grams, Parmigiano regiano cheese two great seventy grams that
- 0:54Speaker 1: is two point five ounces, eggs, three medium fine salt
- 0:59Speaker 1: as kneaded, black pepper, as kneaded for the baking dish,
- 1:05Speaker 1: and the surface bread crumbs as kneaded, butter as kneaded.
- 1:12Speaker 1: You start with the potatoes, place the whole potatoes in
- 1:15Speaker 1: a large pot and cover them with plenty of cold water.
- 1:19Speaker 1: Place the pot on the stove and bring the water
- 1:21Speaker 1: to a boil. From the moment the water starts boiling,
- 1:25Speaker 1: let the potatoes cook for about forty to fifty minutes.
- 1:29Speaker 1: Check the downs by piercing the center of a potato
- 1:31Speaker 1: with a fork. The fork must slide in easily. Drain
- 1:35Speaker 1: the potatoes well while they are still hot. Cut them
- 1:39Speaker 1: in half. Place them in a potato riser with the
- 1:42Speaker 1: skin side facing up. Press them through the riser and
- 1:46Speaker 1: mash them completely. Remove the skins that remain inside the
- 1:50Speaker 1: riser as you work. Spread the mashed potatoes in a
- 1:53Speaker 1: large bowl and let them cool down. While the potatoes coool,
- 1:57Speaker 1: cut the cook them into cubes of about one point
- 2:00Speaker 1: five centimeters or about zero point six inches Cuve the
- 2:04Speaker 1: smoked mozzarella or provola into cubes of the same size.
- 2:08Speaker 1: When the mashed potatoes are lukewarm, add the eggs. Add
- 2:12Speaker 1: all the grated parmigiano re jano cheese, Add the hem
- 2:16Speaker 1: cubes and the smoked mozzarella cubes. Season with fine salt
- 2:20Speaker 1: and black pepper. Use your hands to need a mix
- 2:24Speaker 1: until all the ingredients combine into a uniform mixture. If
- 2:28Speaker 1: the mixture seems too dry, you adjust it by adding
- 2:30Speaker 1: a little milk. If the mixture seems too moist, you
- 2:34Speaker 1: adjust it by adding a little more grated cheese. Continue
- 2:38Speaker 1: mixing until the texture is compact and workable. Prepare the
- 2:42Speaker 1: baking dish. Greast the entire inside of the dish with butter.
- 2:48Speaker 1: Sprinkle the bottom and sides with bread crumbs, covering them evenly.
- 2:52Speaker 1: Transfer the potato mixture into the prepared dish, distribute it evenly,
- 2:57Speaker 1: and level the surface with a spatula or the back
- 2:59Speaker 1: of a Sprinkle the surface generously with more bread crumbs.
- 3:05Speaker 1: Distribute many small flakes of butter over the entire top.
- 3:09Speaker 1: Place the dish in a preheated static oven at two
- 3:11Speaker 1: hundred degrees celsius that is three hundred and ninety two
- 3:14Speaker 1: degrees fahrenheit. Bake for about forty minutes until the gatto
- 3:19Speaker 1: is set and the surface is lightly golden. Then turn
- 3:22Speaker 1: on the grill function of the oven and let the
- 3:24Speaker 1: top brown further for about five more minutes until it
- 3:27Speaker 1: forms a well colored crisp crust. Remove the potato gatta
- 3:32Speaker 1: from the oven. Let it rest in the baking dish
- 3:35Speaker 1: for about ten minutes so it sets and becomes easier
- 3:38Speaker 1: to cut. Then cut it into portions and serve it
- 3:41Speaker 1: warm with its cream interior and golden crust. If you
- 3:45Speaker 1: have left overs, you store the potato gattoe in the
- 3:47Speaker 1: refrigerator for two to three days. You can also freeze it,
- 3:51Speaker 1: either cooked or uncooked. In both cases, you let it
- 3:55Speaker 1: overnight in the refrigerator before reheating or baking.