A croquette is a small fried food roll containing usually as
main ingredients mashed potatoes, and/or minced meat (veal, beef, chicken, or
turkey), shellfish, fish, vegetables, and soaked white bread, egg, onion, spices
and herbs, wine, milk, or any of the combination thereof, sometimes with a
filling, often encased in breadcrumbs.
The croquette is usually shaped into a
cylinder or disk, and then deep-fried.
The croquette (from the French croquer,
“to crunch”) was a French invention that gained worldwide popularity, both as a
delicacy and as a fast food.