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Croquette

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A croquette is a deep-fried roll originating in French cuisine and further developed in Spanish cuisine, consisting of a thick binder combined with a filling and then breaded before frying. The binder is typically bechamel sauce, brown sauce, mashed potatoes, wheat flour, or bread, while common fillings include meat, seafood, cheese, rice, mushrooms, or vegetables; croquettes were historically created as a way to use up leftover roasted chicken or broth rather than discard it. The word derives from the French croquer, meaning to crunch, and a seventeenth century recipe by chef Francois Massialot documents an early version bound with meat, truffles, marrow, and bread crumbs before frying in lard. Today croquettes serve as a side dish, a snack, or a form of fast food worldwide. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Course
Side Dish 1
Origin Period, From (Year)
from 1920 2
Connections

Expresses Tradition

Tapas Culture, Food Traditions
Source Croquette (Wikipedia)

In Cuisine

French Cuisine, Cuisines
Source Croquette (Wikipedia)
Spanish Cuisine, Cuisines
Source Croquette (Wikipedia)

Uses Ingredient

Cheese, Ingredients
Source Croquette (Wikipedia)
Ham, Ingredients
Source Croquette (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: France, originated there.
Sources
1. Croquette (Wikipedia)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croquette
    It is served as a side dish, a snack, or fast food worldwide.
  • Uses Ingredient: Cheese, Infobox main_ingredient field: Ground meat, shellfish, fish, ham, cheese, mashed potatoes, vegetables, b?chamel or brown sauce
  • Uses Ingredient: Ham, Infobox main_ingredient field: Ground meat, shellfish, fish, ham, cheese, mashed potatoes, vegetables, b?chamel or brown sauce
  • Expresses Tradition: Tapas Culture, Wikipedia category: Category:Tapas
  • In Cuisine: French Cuisine, lead paragraph
    A croquette (; French: [kʁɔkɛt]; Spanish: croqueta) is a deep-fried roll originating in French cuisine and most extended in Spanish cuisine consisting of a thick binder combined with a filling, which is then breaded.
  • In Cuisine: Spanish Cuisine, lead paragraph
    A croquette (; French: [kʁɔkɛt]; Spanish: croqueta) is a deep-fried roll originating in French cuisine and most extended in Spanish cuisine consisting of a thick binder combined with a filling, which is then breaded.
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2. Croquette (Wikipedia)
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It originated in the immigrant community of Ybor City during a cigar workers' strike in the 1920s and is still popular in the area.
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