Croquettes à lo Marino
Origin: Buenos Aires
Source: Carmen F. de Correa, 1890
Ingredients
- Oven-roasted hen meat, finely chopped
- Butter
- 1 tablespoon Flour
- 1 glass Milk
- Salt
- Pepper
- Nutmeg
- Egg yolks, beaten
- Breadcrumbs
- Hard-boiled eggs
- Black olives
Instructions
- Finely chop roasted hen meat and fry in butter until half-cooked.
- Add a tablespoon of flour, then a glass of milk while stirring; season with salt, pepper and nutmeg and cook until thick.
- Cool the mixture and form egg-sized balls.
- Roll in beaten egg yolks, then breadcrumbs, and fry in butter until golden.
- Arrange in a dish alternating with halved hard-boiled eggs and black olives.