Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Potato, Crab and Leek Croquette
1 Russet Potato
100g Leek
227g Crab meat (frozen or fresh)
200g Bread crumbs
50ml milk
10g softened butter
Vegetable oil as needed
Cooking method:
1) Steam the potatoes until the fork is able to pierce the potato without any resistance.
2) Add the butter and slowly add the milk in parts and mash the potato with a masher. Take care not to make the potato too wet. Not all the milk has to be used.
3) Dice the leek medium and add it to the potatoes, mixing well.
4) Add the crabmeat and continue to mix until the entire mixture is evenly blended.
5) Pat the mixture into small patties.
6) Place the bread crumbs onto a large flat plate and coat each patty with the crumbs first on one side, pressing down gently and then flipping it over with a fork.
7) Pour the vegetable oil until it covers the base of the pan and rises to roughly half the height of the croquette patties.
8) When the oil is hot, quickly pan-fry the patties until the bread crumbs turn a golden brown.
9) Place the ready-fried croquettes onto some paper towel to absorb the oil for roughly 5 mins.
10) Remove to a clean plate and serve warm.
