Tater tots

This may not be the most diabetes friendly recipe on earth, but reading the recipe made me very curious what tater tots should taste like. Would I be able to make them? I gave it a try and I was anxious to hear the comments of the family. They were as surprised as I was, since they had not ever heard of tater tots either. I'm pretty sure they are not being served over here, in Belgium. Maybe it's about time to change that!

So what do you need?

• 8 medium potatoes, peeled
• 4 tablespoons of all purpose flour
• a dash of pepper and salt

It's great if you have a standing mixer - Kitchen Aid or Kenwood for example - to finely shred the potatoes. If you don't: use a manual shredder.

Drain the shredded potatoes in a colander, by pressing out any liquid left.

Season the flour with the pepper and the salt.

Pour the potatoes in a large bowl and sprinkle with the seasoned flour.

Heat your deep fryer at 350°F (180°C).

Shape into "tots" (cylindrical shape) and carefully fry until slightly golden.

Drain the tots on paper towels.

Serve with ketchup.

Tater tots look a lot like potato croquettes, but they consist of shredded potatoes instead of mashed potatoes. We have something similar over here, called rösti. But rösti are shaped differently.