Potato, Pesto, and Pecorino Mini Pies in Air Fryer are a delicious, single-serving appetizer perfect for any occasion. Potatoes are always delicious and suitable for many preparations. We can serve them as a side dish with the recipe for Sandy Potatoes in Air Fryer or as an appetizer with the Potato and Mushroom Baskets in Air Fryer.
Easy to make, you can also prepare them with leftover mashed potatoes: just add an egg to the mixture, insert the pesto and some cubes of pecorino in the center, and here are the Potato, Pesto, and Pecorino Mini Pies in Air Fryer! For this recipe, I used ready-made pesto and Sardinian pecorino, but you can replace it with other types of cheese. The molds used are aluminum, recommended especially for those with a fryer with a single resistance! Aluminum is an excellent heat conductor and cooks evenly. These are the ones I use in the recipe https://www.amazon.it/dp/B09K255389?tag=gz-blog-21&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1&ascsubtag=0-f-n-av_amichefriggyenonsolo
Pesto and Pecorino in Air Fryer are perfect as an appetizer, you can prepare them in advance and heat them a few minutes in the air fryer or oven before serving. Or, if you have organized a dinner, you can prepare the mashed potatoes the day before and store it in the fridge, creating the mini pies just before serving.
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- Rest time: 10 Minutes
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: Ingredients for 5 mini pies
- Cooking methods: Steaming, Boiling, Air Frying
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients
Ingredients for 5 Potato, Pesto, and Pecorino Mini Pies
- 1.1 lbs potatoes
- 0.5 cup milk
- 1.41 tbsp butter
- 1.41 tbsp Grated Grana Padano
- to taste nutmeg
- to taste salt and pepper
- 1 egg
- 2.47 oz Genoese pesto
- 0.7 oz Sardinian pecorino (cut into cubes)
- to taste oil
- to taste breadcrumbs
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Tools
What you need to prepare Potato, Pesto, and Pecorino Mini Pies in Air Fryer
- 1 multicooker
- 1 Hand whisk
- 1 Air fryer
- 5 Cupcake molds aluminum
- 1 Spoon
- 1 Teaspoon
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Steps
How to prepare Potato, Pesto, and Pecorino Mini Pies in Air Fryer
First, prepare the mashed potatoes by boiling the potatoes, after peeling and cutting them into chunks. I steamed them in my air fryer which is also a multicooker https://www.amazon.it/dp/B09K255389?tag=gz-blog-21&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1&ascsubtag=0-f-n-av_amichefriggyenonsolo
Once ready, transfer them to a bowl, mashing them while hot with a fork.
Pour the milk into a pot, add the mashed potatoes, salt, pepper, and a generous grating of nutmeg, and cook the mashed potatoes until they have absorbed all the milk, stirring with a whisk.
Add the butter and grated Grana Padano and mix well
Let it cool for a few minutes
Once cold, add the egg to the mash and mix
Take the 5 molds, lightly grease them with some oil and coat them with breadcrumbs
With a spoon, distribute, for each mold, a portion of mashed potatoes, an abundant teaspoon of pesto, and a couple of cubes of pecorino
Cover with the remaining mashed potatoes and level the surface using the back of a spoon.
Cook the mini pies, placing the molds on your fryer’s grill, at 340°F for 15 minutes or until the surface is golden.
Check them during cooking, some mini pies were ready after 10/12 minutes
Here are your Potato, Pesto, and Pecorino Mini Pies in Air Fryer!
Tips on preparation and storage of Potato, Pesto, and Pecorino Mini Pies in Air Fryer
You can prepare the mashed potatoes the day before, storing it in an airtight container in the fridge, or you can prepare the mini pies in advance, always storing them in the fridge, already assembled, and cook them later.
