Camembert Croquettes

Name: Camembert Croquettes
Prep time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Makes about 32
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: salt, pepper and nutmeg; 250 g (8 oz) Camembert cheese; 2 tablespoons cornflour; plenty of fresh breadcrumbs; oil for deep-frying; 6 tablespoons plain flour; 50 g (scant 2 oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 2 eggs, separated; 150 g (5 oz) well drained fromage frais or petits Suisse cheese

Preparation info

Makes about
32

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

The Cooking of Normandy

By Jane Grigson

Published 1987

About

These small, round croquettes make a pleasant first course or an accompaniment to drinks. Make the dough in advance so that it has time to firm up: indeed you can do everything bar the final deep-frying in advance.

Ingredients

250 g (8 oz) Camembert cheese
150 g (5

Europe
France
Starter
Vegetarian
Normandy
Mediterranean

Method

Grate the Camembert lightly to smooth off some of the rind. Cut it up and put it into the processor. Add the soft cheese, butter, flour and cornflour. Whizz, adding the yolks as the mixture breaks down, so that you end up with a coherent soft dough. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg.

Transfer the dough to a heavy pan and cook it slowly until the mixture leaves the sides of the pan lik