Potato cutlets with zucchini and cheese (in the oven)

These soft and tender potato cutlets with zucchini and cheese are baked in the oven, under a delicious cheese crust. And although the cutlets are vegetable, the addition of cheese makes them quite satisfying. Such vegetable cutlets made from potatoes, zucchini and cheese will become an excellent independent dish, or they will make friends with any side dish, salad, and snacks. It will turn out very tasty!

Ingredients

• Potatoes - 500 g
• Zucchini - 300 g
• Hard cheese - 100-130 g
• Eggs - 2 pcs.
• Garlic - 2-3 cloves
• Greens (parsley, dill) - 30 g
• Salt to taste
• Ground black pepper - to taste
• Vegetable oil - 20 ml

Directions

1. Boil the potatoes (I used the microwave for this).
2. We wash the potatoes, put them in a microwave oven.
3. Pour some water into the dish to completely cover the bottom. In each potato we make 2-3 punctures with a toothpick.
4. We cover the dishes with a special lid or plate without patterns. Put the container with potatoes in the microwave and cook at 800 W for 10 minutes. We take out the potatoes, check for readiness. If the potatoes are not ready yet, put them in the microwave again for another 3-4 minutes.
5. You can boil potatoes in a saucepan - pour cold water over and cook for 15-20 minutes (depending on the type and size of potatoes).
6. Let the finished potatoes cool, then peel them and rub them on a coarse grater.
7. Rub the young zucchini together with the skin on a coarse grater. If the zucchini is ripe, then first cut off the skin.
8. Sprinkle the zucchini with salt, mix and leave for 5-10 minutes at room temperature.
9. Squeeze the released juice from the zucchini.
10. Rub the hard cheese on a medium grater.
11. Put the zucchini, potatoes and half of the cheese in a bowl.
12. Rinse the parsley and dill, shake, chop finely and add to the bowl to the rest of the ingredients.
13. Also add 1 egg and the white of the second egg. We leave one yolk for greasing the cutlets.
14. Peel the garlic, pass it through a press and add to the rest of the ingredients.
15. Add salt and pepper.
16. Mix everything well.
17. Preheat the oven to 170-180 degrees.
18. Grease the baking dish with vegetable oil. We form round cutlets from the vegetable mixture and put them in a mold. I got 7 pieces.
19. Grease the cutlets with whipped yolk on top.
20. Sprinkle the cutlets with the remaining grated cheese.
21. We put the form with cutlets in an oven preheated to 170-180 degrees for 35-40 minutes.
22. Potato cutlets with zucchini and cheese are ready in the oven.
23. Bon Appetit!