# Croquetas de Calçots

A recipe for croquetas de calçots, a delicious appetizer made with calçots, bechamel sauce and bread crumbs.

- Total time: 12 min
- Cuisine: Spanish
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 30 u calçots
- 120 gr flour
- 120 gr butter
- 1 liter milk
- 0 salt
- 0 pepper
- 0 olive oil
- 0 Romesco sauce
- 0 flour
- 0 egg
- 0 bread crumbs

## Instructions

1. Clean the calçots well and place them on a baking sheet. Add olive oil, salt and pepper.
2. Bake at 200 degrees for 30 minutes.
3. Let them cool, peel them and mark them in a frying pan over high heat. Set aside.
4. In a saucepan, melt the butter, then add the flour and cook for 5 minutes.
5. Pour in the hot milk and thicken the béchamel sauce, stirring constantly.
6. Finely chop the calçots and add them to the béchamel sauce. Mix.
7. Add salt and pepper to taste.
8. Pour the mixture into a tray, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 12 hours.
9. Roll into balls, coat with flour, egg, and panko bread crumbs, and fry.

## Equipment

- knife
- baking sheet
- oven
- frying pan
- whisk
- bowl
- strainer
- spatula

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyWWIMvO44c
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/d368b965-df98-4096-89b5-7ec29c7ccf5b
- Extracted: 2025-02-24

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