Magnus Bane's Childhood Recipes: Perkedel

In Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments series and Freeform's Shadowhunters series, Magnus Bane spent his childhood in the Indonesia in the 1600s living with his Dutch stepfather and his half-Indonesian, half-Dutch mother. A popular food item that Magnus might have enjoyed would have been a potato fritter/croquette dish called Perkedel, which is believed to have been derived from Dutch frikadeller, or Dutch meatballs.

Ingredients:

Potatoes, peeled and sliced into one inch chunks

Eggs, beaten

Ground nutmeg

Salt to taste

Corned beef/ground beef (optional)

Steps

1. Deep fry the sliced potatoes (boiling will make them mushy; baking is a viable healthy option)

2. Once the potatoes are cooked, mashed them up.

3. Add nutmeg and salt, mix. (Optional: added corned beef/cooked ground beef for extra protein if desired)

4. Form mashed potatoes into patties.

5. Dip patties in egg batter and deep fry.

6. Viola! Enjoy.