crab cream croquettes

ingredients:

• 5 ounces boiled crab meat
• 4 ounces onion
• a little salt and pepper
• 1 tablespoon butter for searing onion
• 1 1/2 ounces butter
• 1 cup milk
• 4 tablespoons flour

batter:

• 1 ounce flour
• 1 egg
• 2 ounces bread crumbs

step 1:

Slice the onion. Split the crab meat into strips by hand.

step 2:

Heat 1 tablespoon of butter in a frying pan over a low flame and sear the onion. After it becomes clear, remove from the heat.

step 3:

Melt the 1 1/2 ounces of butter in a pot over a very low flame. Add the 4 tablespoons flour and stir with a spatula.

step 4:

Heat the milk in a microwave. Add half of the milk and stir well with a spatula until the flour is no longer visible. Add the remaining milk and stir very well, making sure the flour does not become lumpy.

step 5:

Add the onion, crab meat, salt and pepper. Stir well and remove from the heat.

step 6:

Pour the mixture into a stainless steel tray and cover. Let this mixture cool down. Put it in the refrigerator and chill for 1 hour.

step 7:

Remove from the refrigerator. Form into 8 cylindrical patties.

step 8:

Lightly coat the patties with the flour in a pan.

step 9:

Beat the egg in a bowl and coat the patties with the egg.

step 10:

Then coat well with the bread crumbs in a separate pan.

step 11:

Heat the oil to 340 °F and deep-fry the patties 1 to 1 1/2 minutes until golden brown.