Bread sauce and stuffing croquettes

Name: Bread sauce and stuffing croquettes
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 200g cooked stuffing crumbled; 50g plain flour seasoned; 2 eggs beaten; 100g panko breadcrumbs; 2 tbsp cranberry sauce; 2 tbsp chilli jam; for deep-frying vegetable oil; 1 onion peeled; 6 cloves; 2 bay leaves; 6 black peppercorns; a good grating nutmeg; 2 cloves garlic peeled; 400ml whole milk; 100ml double cream; 150g white breadcrumbs; 2 tbsp butter

Published: December 7, 2018 at 1:03 PM

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Serves 6

Easy

Total time: 40 mins

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Check out our epic croquettes with leftover bread sauce and stuffing. These crispy balls are easy to make and perfect at keeping a hungry crowd happy over the festive season

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Make these stuffing croquettes, then check out our sage and onion stuffing, chestnut stuffing, pork stuffing, pigs in blankets and more Christmas trimmings recipes. Also try our bread sauce for a classic Christmas dinner accompaniment.

To make this recipe, use 650g of left-over bread sauce or make it using the recipe below.

Ingredients

Nutrition

200g cooked stuffing

crumbled
50g plain flour

seasoned
2 eggs

beaten
100g panko breadcrumbs
2 tbsp cranberry sauce
2 tbsp chilli jam
for deep-frying vegetable oil

BREAD SAUCE

1 onion

peeled
6 cloves
2 bay leaves
6 black peppercorns
a good grating nutmeg
2 cloves garlic

peeled
400ml whole milk
100ml double cream
150g white breadcrumbs
2 tbsp butter

Nutrition: per serving

kcal533
fat33g
saturates12.4g
carbs45.4g
sugars8.6g
fibre1.8g
protein12.6g
salt1g

Method

step 1

To make the bread sauce, stud the onion with the cloves and put in a pan with the bay, peppercorns, nutmeg, garlic, milk and cream. Bring very slowly to a simmer, remove from the heat, cover and leave to infuse for 1 hour. Strain the milk into a new pan and add the breadcrumbs, butter and lots of seasoning. Simmer very gently, stirring regularly, for 20 minutes until very thick. Pour into a container, cover and cool. Stir through the crumbled stuffing, then chill completely.
step 2

Put the flour, egg and breadcrumbs into separate shallow bowls. Take a heaped tbsp of the bread sauce and, using slightly wet hands, shape into the size of a golf ball. Roll in the seasoned flour, then into the beaten egg, then coat well in the breadcrumbs. Repeat with the remaining mixture.
step 3

Mix together the cranberry sauce and chilli jam in a bowl to make a dipping sauce.
step 4

Fill a pan no more than ⅓ full with the oil and heat to 180C or until a cube of bread browns in 30 seconds. Fry the balls for 2-3 minutes, in batches, until golden and crisp, then drain well on kitchen paper, season with flaky sea salt and keep warm in a low oven while you fry the rest. Serve with the sauce.

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