Potato fritter filled with spiced lamb - Tony Kitous

Ingredients

• 3 large potatoes, boiled in their skins until tender
• 50g plain flour or potato flour; plus extra for shaping cakes
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 egg
• 2-3 tbsp olive oil, plus 1 tbsp
• 1 onion, finely diced
• 2 tomatoes, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, sliced
• 300g minced lamb
• 2 tsp paprika
• 3 tsp Lebanese 7-spice powder toasted pine nuts (optional)
• vegetable oil, for frying
• salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste