croquette

as in cake
a small usually rounded mass of minced food that has been fried a fish croquette that tasted more of filler than of fish

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Recent Examples of croquette Other menu highlights include pan-fried green chilli oil gyoza and shiitake and chestnut mushroom croquettes. Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024 The bar's food and drink menu got an overhaul, too, and now features dishes like short rib hummus, duck croquettes, and mushroom ravioli. Sarah Kuta, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2024 The lunch menu, served Wednesday through Friday, features Southern dishes like salmon croquettes with grits ($19.95) and a variety of sandwiches and burgers like a pork and pepperjack burger ($16.99). Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2024 As for Alvarez Torres’ baked goods, there are savory croquettes filled with ham or chicken, mini tarts filled with coconut, guava or cheese, and Cuban pastries filed with guava, cheese, beef or coconut ($3 each). Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 15 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for croquette 
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Noun
  • On the menu are Chesapeake crab cakes, angus ribeye steak, and apple ice box terrine with sour cream ice cream and salted caramel, with wine to drink.
    Chantelle Lee, TIME, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Trump's first course will be a Chesapeake crab cake with tomato tartar, bay sauce, pickled vegetables, romanesco, dill and chive oil.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Even haters of the Golden Arches might find charms in He’s project, whose page edges are colored so that the book, when closed, looks like an abstraction of a Big Mac: two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions on a sesame seed bun.
    Craig Nakano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
  • McDonald’s briefly pulled Quarter Pounders from 3,000 U.S. stores as a result of the outbreak, then narrowed that to 900 stores once testing had pinpointed onions — and not hamburger patties — as the likely source of E. coli.
    Jonel Aleccia, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Cloaked in a perfect-from-the-jar marinara sauce and topped with thick slices of mozzarella cheese, crispy chicken cutlets turn golden and bubbly under the oven's broiler.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Fieri’s tenders are wide and flat, resembling pounded and breaded chicken cutlets.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024

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“Croquette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/croquette. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.

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