Potato Gateau a Neapolitan traditional recipe

Potato Gateau is a Neapolitan traditional recipe.

Here’s what you need:

8 or 9 medium potatoes, 2 eggs, 6/ 8 slices of ham, mozzarella 160 grams, 160 grams of smoked scamorza cheese, 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil, nutmeg, bread crumbs (1 cup), 1 cup Parmesan grated.

Wash and boil the potatoes in salted water for 40 minutes then let them cool so that you can peel.

Meanwhile shred the ham and dice the mozzarella too (well drained and squeezed) and the smoked scamorza cheese.

Preheat the oven to 180 °.

Pass the potato mash with a potato masher or food mill.

Then laid the mixture into a large bowl and add the most part of the Parmesan , eggs , salt if needed, and nutmeg and mix very well the ingredients well with a wooden spoon.
Finally add the bread crumbs and mix again.

In a baking pan put the baking paper and then the mixture and level it with a spatula

Sprinkle the surface of the pie with the remaining grated Parmesan and a little bread crumbs and a little olive oil, then bake at 180 degrees for the first 15 minutes ; then bring the oven to 200 degrees for the next 15 minutes .

Once cooked , take the pie out of the oven and let cool for at least 10-15 minutes, then cut into pieces and serve warm.

It’s also delicious the next day.
Buon appetito, enjoy it.