Chicken Croquettes

Croquetas are a favourite all over Spain. They are popular toddler’s teatime fodder as well as a welcome offering in the tapas bar. They take me back to my days at the high chair, as an au pair, when it was certainly a case of “one for you, one for me”.

The options are limitless from the more usual chicken or ham croquettes to salt cod or wild mushroom. They can be truly sublime, a crisp crunchy shell with an oozing, creamy stuffing.

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