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THE ART OF COOKING
AND WHY NOT SOME
SPANISH CUISINE
Any body that visit Spain had seen Croquetas, If you live in the USA and your chances to go to Spain are small to none, try Miami, where you could find The Spanish taste of Cuban Cuisine.Croquetas could be made out fish, ham, chicken, spinach, bacon, cheese, tuna, cooked chicken, fish....... It is a perfect way to use up the last bits of roast meat or fish used the day before.
HAM CROQUETAS
1: Heat up Olive oil in a frying pan (about a tea spoon) so hot that smoke, remove the pan from the heat and add the flour to the oil. (2 big spoon of all purpose flour) Stir with a wooden spoon until it becomes a paste.2: Put the pan on the heat again and add milk that is about 1/4 litre of milk , little by little, stirring the mixture all the time until it is cooked and even. Add a bit of nutmeg, a pinch of salt and 1/2 bl of ham cut into small pieces. Cook in the pan until the mixture is stiff, and don't stop stirring.
3: As soon as the mixture is stiff enough, spoon it into a bowl and let it cool. Beat an egg. Once the mixture is cool, make small portions and mould them with your hands into the shape of a croqueta (oval). Dip each croqueta into the beaten egg and then dip it into the breadcrumbs which will stick to the croqueta because of the egg. Place each croqueta separately on a plate. You can fry them straight away, or put them into the fridge and leave them until you are ready to cook and eat them.
4: Fry the croquetas in a pan with enough oil to cover them. When they are golden and crispy, take them out and lay them on kitchen roll to absorb the excess oil. Serve straight away.
You could make Croqueta and froze then for later. Make an impact at your party of gathering.
OLIVE OIL
When you think of olive oil you think of Spanish or Italian food, but do you know that olive oil is a native of Iran, Syria and Palestine. Olives have been found in Egyptian tombs from 2000 years BC. The olive culture was spread to the early Greeks then Romans. As the Romans extended their domain they brought the olive with them. Just a small research I did just for you. Cool!Trivia:
Do you know the difference between PURE and VIRGIN olive oil?
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