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Rice croquettes















Ingredients

For 4
For 100
Rice
225gms
5.6kg
Grated cheese
30gms
680gms
Parsley
3 springs
4 bunches
Onions
60gms
1.35kg
Salt
to taste 
80 – 100gms
Cayenne pepper
a pinch
10gms
Eggs (beaten)
1
12
Eggs (hard-boiled)
2
50
Oil to fry (absorption)
30ml
500ml


Boil rice, cool. Mix with well-beaten egg. Peel and mince onions. Heat a little oil. Saute minced onions without discolouring. Remove from fire. Add chopped hard-boiled eggs, grated cheese, chopped parsley, salt and cayenne pepper. With hands previously rinsed in cold water take a handful of rice. Make a hollow in the middle, fill with prepared mixture. Mould into a ball. Dip in browned breadcrumbs and fry in a deep pan of boiling oil till brown. Drain well on absorbent paper. Serve hot with tomato sauce.