Mashed potato, transformed!

Mashed potato must be one of the most popular comfort foods around and, when I'm away from home, comfort food is high on my wish list. I'm coming to terms with the fact that I'm unlikely to get my comfort treat of a late night bowl of cereal here, but I was pleasantly surprised at the arrival of mashed potato on my plate during an evening meal with some Italian friends. However, not wishing to sound too much like a Marks & Spencer advert, this was not just any mashed potato... this was fried, rosemary scented mashed potato...

I don't have the exact recipe for this one, but I did pluck up the courage to ask how it was cooked:

Cook your potatoes, drain them and then mash them up.
In a large frying pan, heat olive oil and finely chopped rosemary on a medium heat (we're in Italy so I'm assuming it was quite a few tbsp. of oil, and it would definitely have been extra virgin).
Add your mashed potato and a little salt, combine all, then press down (to form a bit of a bubble and squeak). Cook until the underside is crisp and golden, then flip over (you may want to flip it into a different pan to avoid breaking this - if you do this, make sure you lightly oil the new pan, otherwise the potato will stick). Once the other side is also crisp and golden, turn out onto a plate and serve as a side dish.