Pork Croquettes Food

PORK CROQUETTES

Steps:

• Cook and stir onions, jalapeno peppers and crushed red pepper in small skillet sprayed with cooking spray on medium-high heat 10 min. or until onions are crisp-tender.
• Combine meat, potatoes and cheese in large bowl. Add onion mixture; mix well. Cool completely. Shape into 15 (3-inch) sausage-shaped croquettes. Dip croquettes, 1 at a time, in egg then in cracker crumbs, turning to evenly coat both sides of each croquette.
• Heat oil in large saucepan to 375°F. Add croquettes in batches; cook 3 min. on each side or until golden brown on both sides. Drain on paper towels. Serve warm.

NEELYS EGG BENEDICT ON A PORK CROQUETTE

Steps:

• In a heavy bottom skillet, brown sausage over medium heat. Add a little oil to the bottom of the pan if it sticks, add a little oil and break it up with the back of a wooden spoon. Cook until all the pink is gone. With a slotted spoon, remove the sausage from the skillet into a bowl.
• Remove the inside of the potatoes and place a bowl with the Parmesan. Mash with a potato masher until they are smooth. Add the egg, sour cream, 1/4 cup panko bread crumbs, and season with salt and pepper. Add sausage to the bowl with the potatoes and mix well.
• With your hands, divide the pork mixture into 1/4 cup portions and flatten so that each croquette is about 1/2-inch thick.
• Add 1 cup panko bread crumbs to a 13 by 9-inch casserole dish and add chopped parsley and stir to combine. Dredge croquettes through the panko mixture and repeat.
• Heat a heavy bottomed skillet over medium-high heat. Add enough oil to cover the bottom of the pan. Add the croquettes and saute until golden brown and crisp, about 6 minutes per side.
• Hold in a 200 degrees F oven while you prepare the eggs and hollandaise.
• For the Hollandaise Sauce: Add yolks, mustard and heavy cream to a blender. Blend until the egg yolks look light yellow and foamy about 1 minute. Keeping the blender on, slowly stream in the melted butter, making sure it emulsifies fully. Keep blending and add a pinch of salt and pepper, lemon juice, cayenne and hot sauce. Blend again until fully incorporated, then add chives at very end. Keep warm.
• For the eggs: Add oil to a non stick skillet over medium heat until hot. Add eggs and fry in batches until the whites are set and the yolks slightly runny. Season with salt and pepper.
• Lay a small handful of baby spinach on the serving dish and top with pork croquette. Top the croquette with the fried egg and ladle over the hollandaise sauce.

POTATO PORK CROQUETTE: KOROKEE

Steps:

• Heat the grapeseed oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
• When it begins to shimmer, add the ground pork and cook for about 10 minutes until it begins to brown. Using a slotted spatula, temporarily transfer meat to a plate, drain the excess fat from the skillet and return the pork to the pan. Add the soy sauce and cook for 2 or 3 minutes to allow the flavors to integrate, then season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir in scallions, and cook for 2 or 3 more minutes, then remove from heat and let cool to room temperature.
• While the meat is browning, boil the potatoes until tender and drain well. Mash the potatoes with butter. (You want these potatoes to be "tight" mashed potatoes, not loose.)
• In a medium saucepan, combine orange juice, pineapple juice, lime juice and green curry paste. Allow to reduce by half over medium heat.
• Heat the oil in the deep-fryer to 375 degrees F or as directed in the manufacturer's instructions for similar foods.
• Combine the mashed potatoes with the pork mixture and roll into golf-ball sized spheres. Roll in the bread crumbs and add to the deep-fryer basket. Cook until golden brown and drain on paper towels.
• Remove sauce reduction from heat and whisk in cubed butter.
• Spoon some sauce onto a serving plate and use as a dipping sauce for the korokee.

KROKETTEN (DUTCH CROQUETTES)

Steps:

• 1. Heat milk in the microwave.
• 2. In a small saucepan, melt butter.
• 3. Stir in flour to make a paste cook for 3 minutes while continually stirring.
• 4. Then gradually mix in hot milk.
• 5. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
• 6. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• 7. Then pour into a bowl to cool.
• 8. Place all remaining filling ingredients into a food processor and pulse until smooth.
• 9. Add to bowl with cool sauce. Stir well to make a thick paste. Taste and season with salt and pepper if needed.
• 10. Prepare coating stations - flour, egg beaten with the milk and bread crumbs into dipping plates.
• 11. Form paste into small logs (like large sausages).
• 12. Then coat with crumb topping. Roll your logs into flour.
• 13. Then dip in egg/milk mixture.
• 14. Then coat with bread crumbs (make sure to thoroughly cover with each of these three steps).
• 15. Preheat oven to 200 degrees and heat oil to about 350 degrees. Cook for 5 to 10 minutes turning halfway through frying.
• 16. Place fried croquettes on a baking sheet. Keep warm in the 200 degree oven until ready to serve.
• 17. You can eat these just as they are or if you want to try it in the Dutch style slice them lengthwise top with mustard (Dijon or brown) and place on a slice of white bread.
• 18. You know you've done well if the filling is separated from the coating after frying.

DUTCH MEAT CROQUETTES

Steps:

• Saute onion in butter (or broth) until tender.
• Add crumbs (or bread or mashed potatoes) to onion.
• Add seasonings, aroma and parsley to mixture.
• Add meat.
• Add broth or water if too dry.
• The mixture should be firm and stick together to form and hold shape.
• Form into 8 cylinder, balls, or pattie shaped croquettes.
• Coat with bread crumbs, then dip in the egg white, then in the bread crumbs again.
• Cook quickly in preheated hot oil until the outside is brown and the croquette is heated/cooked throughout.
• Serve hot with french fries and salad.

DUTCH KROKETTEN (CROQUETTES)

Steps:

• If using left-over chicken or turkey, chop it finely and set aside. Continue with the recipe from Step 3, using stock to make the sauce rather than water, and add the chicken or turkey to the sauce at Step 6.
• If using veal or beef, season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Place a large pan over medium-high heat and melt 2 tablespoons of butter. Add the veal or beef, wine, onion, clove, bay leaves, nutmeg or mace, parsley, thyme, lemon zest or juice and water. (Use chicken stock if you have chosen to use chicken or turkey.) Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 45 minutes to an hour. By this time the meat should be tender (or if using poultry, the stock will be bursting with flavor).
• Strain the stock and reserve, along with the meat. Finely chop or cut the meat into into small pieces.
• Melt the remaining butter in the pan, stir in the flour and keep stirring for a few minutes on low heat. Don't let it brown. Slowly and gradually add the stock and cook over moderate heat, stirring until the sauce is smooth and thick. Add more flour, or corn starch to thicken the sauce if necessary. Cool slightly and add the 3 egg yolks and mix well (reserve the whites for later).
• Add the veal, beef, chicken or turkey, mix well and season to taste. The mixture should be thick and stiff by this time.
• Set the mixture aside to cool thoroughly. When ready, cut or separate the stiff, thick mixture into rolls about 1.5" thick and about 3" long.
• Spread the crumbs on a clean, dry chopping board. Slightly beat the eggwhites in a deep plate until just incorporated. Roll the croquettes through the breadcrumbs, then through the egg whites and again through the crumbs. (Make sure that the second coating of crumbs is even and thick and no meat mix sticks out, otherwise the croquettes may burst when being deep fried).
• Deep fry the croquettes in batches of four or five for about 4 minutes, or until they are golden brown. Drain on absorbent paper.
• Serve hot, with French fries or fresh chunks of bread. The best way to season is to slather with mustard, as the Dutch do!