CROQUETTE

Croquette

A croquette is a small breadcrumbed fried food roll containing, usually as main ingredients, mashed potatoes and/or ground meat, shellfish, fish, cheese, vegetables and mixed with béchamel or brown sauce, and soaked white bread, egg, onion, spices and herbs, wine, milk, beer or any of the combination thereof, sometimes with a filling, e.g. sauteed onions or mushrooms, boiled eggs . The croquette is usually shaped into a cylinder, disk or oval shape and then deep-fried. The croquette gained worldwide popularity, both as a delicacy and as a fast food.

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croquette

Noun

  1. Minced, cooked, food (usually meat or vegetables), which is deep-fried in fat and sometimes sprinkled with bread crumbs.


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