Crisp on the outside, pillowy within — golden potato rounds hiding a molten mozzarella core. Boiled potatoes are mashed with parmesan and olive oil into a soft dough, sandwiched around cheese, and pan-fried until deeply golden.
Garlic cheese tortilla rolls: spread tortillas with garlic-herb butter, layer with mozzarella, roll into a log, slice into thick pinwheels and bake in a muffin mold at 180°C until golden, gooey and pull-apart.
Ham, corn and mozzarella cups: fold thin ham slices into muffin liners, fill with drained corn, a knob of butter and a pile of mozzarella, then bake at 180°C until golden and melty.
Cheesy pepperoni pizza muffin bites: blend cheddar, eggs, cottage cheese and tapioca starch into a smooth batter, fill an oiled muffin tin, top with pizza sauce and pepperoni, and bake at 200°C until golden and puffed.
Everything-bagel tortilla bites: spread a tortilla with cream cheese, dust with everything-bagel seasoning, roll, slice into rounds, brush with butter and bake at 180°C until golden and crisp.
Candied pickle bacon: coat bacon in brown sugar and seasoning, drizzle with sriracha, top with pickled jalapeño and bake at 180°C until the sugar hardens into a sweet-spicy candy shell. Sweet, hot, crispy.
Air-fried chicken nuggets: dip chunky chicken pieces in ketchup (it sticks like egg and adds tang), coat in panko, and air-fry at 180°C until crunchy and cooked through. All the crunch, none of the oil.
Air-fryer cheese sticks: wrap mozzarella sticks in phyllo, coat in egg and panko, and air-fry at 180°C for 10 minutes until crisp and golden with a long, stretchy cheese pull inside.
Crispy cheesy onion rings: stuff cheddar between paired onion rings, dip in a light tonic-water batter, coat in panko and air-fry at 200°C until golden. Crisp shell, gooey cheese and tender onion in every bite.
KFC-style popcorn chicken: toss bite-size chicken in egg, then a smoky herb-and-spice flour, and air-fry at 200°C for 15 minutes until crunchy outside and juicy inside. A homemade copycat with no deep-frying.