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kroʊˈkɛtcro·quette

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. croquettenoun

    minced cooked meats (or vegetables) in thick white sauce; breaded and deep-fried

GCIDE

  1. Croquettenoun

    A ball of minced meat, fowl, rice, vegetables, or other ingredients, often in a thick white sauce, highly seasoned, breaded, and fried; as, a dish of crab croquettes.

Wiktionary

  1. croquettenoun

    Minced, cooked, food (usually meat or vegetables), which is fried in deep fat and sometimes sprinkled with bread crumbs.

  2. Etymology: From croquer.

Wikipedia

  1. Croquette

    A croquette is a deep-fried roll consisting of a thick binder combined with a filling, which is breaded; it is served as a side dish, a snack, or fast food worldwide. The binder is typically a thick béchamel or brown sauce, mashed potatoes, wheat flour or wheat bread. The binder may be mixed with or stuffed with a filling; this mixture is called a salpicon. Typical fillings include finely chopped meat, seafood, cheese, rice, mushrooms, as well as various vegetables as well as seasonings such as herbs and spices. Sweet croquettes may use a pastry cream binder and be filled with fruit.Croquettes may also be formed in other shapes: disks, ovals, balls.

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  1. croquette

    A croquette is a small breaded and fried food roll usually filled with a combination of mashed potatoes, meat, cheese, vegetables, or fish. The mixture is shaped into a cylinder, disk or oval shape, coated in breadcrumbs and then deep fried. It originated in France but is popular in many different cuisines worldwide.

Wikidata

  1. Croquette

    A croquette is a small breadcrumbed fried food roll containing, usually as main ingredients, mashed potatoes and/or ground meat, shellfish, fish, cheese, vegetables and mixed with béchamel or brown sauce, and soaked white bread, egg, onion, spices and herbs, wine, milk, beer or any of the combination thereof, sometimes with a filling, e.g. sauteed onions or mushrooms, boiled eggs. The croquette is usually shaped into a cylinder, disk or oval shape and then deep-fried. The croquette gained worldwide popularity, both as a delicacy and as a fast food.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Croquette

    krok-et′, n. a ball of minced meat or fish, seasoned and fried. [Fr. croquer, to crunch.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Croquette in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Croquette in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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