Crab Cream Croquettes
- 1 as much (to taste) Crabmeat (canned is fine)
- 60 grams Flour
- 60 grams Butter
- 1000 ml Milk
- 1 tbsp Parmesan cheese
- 1 dash Pepper
- 1 dash less than 1/2 teaspoon Soup stock granules
- 50 ml White wine
- 2 Egg yolks
- 2 Egg whites
- 100 grams Flour
- 100 ml Water
- 1 Panko
- Take the crabmeat out of the shell and shred it.
- Add the butter to a frying pan and melt it over medium heat.
- When it's melted and foamy, add the flour little by little in 4 to 5 portions, stirring well between additions.
- Mix the butter and flour well with a wooden spatula so that they blend together.
- Be careful not to let it burn.
- Add the milk, again little by little, mixing well to incorporate it with the roux between additions.
- When all the milk has been added, the sauce should be thick like this.
- It should stiffen when cooled, but if it's already very thick when still hot add a little more milk.
- If it's too liquid on the other hand, just keep mixing it over heat for a while and it will thicken very soon.
- Add the crabmeat, plus the pepper, Parmesan cheese, soup stock granules and wine.
- Bring the sauce briefly to a boil to evaporate the alcohol.
- Taste while adding the soup stock; if it tastes too rich, reduce the amount.
- Turn off the heat, and mix the egg yolks in very well.
- Pour the sauce into a shallow container lined with plastic wrap.
- When it's cooled down to room temperature cover with more plastic wrap and chill well in the refrigerator.
- If the cream filling is soft it will become easy to handle after about an hour in the refrigerator.
- When it's cooled and easy to handle, score the surface into 15 to 16 portions.
- Form the portions with oiled hands into small barrel shapes.
- Mix the ingredients together to make the coating liquid.
- Dip the croquettes into the liquid, then coat with panko.
- If you like the coating to be thick, dip the croquettes back in the liquid and then in the panko a second time.
- Cut a piece of absorbent paper into a rectangle and line the breaded croquettes on it.
- Put it in the frying oil paper and all.
- (Take the paper out with cooking chopsticks.)
- This way the croquettes won't fall apart in the oil, and there's less chance of burning yourself.
- Deep fry them quickly in 170-180C oil.
- (See Hints.)
- Today I made a fresh tomato-based chili sauce to go with the croquettes.
- See.
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Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/168412-crab-cream-croquettes (may not work)