Homemade, as if they were made by your own grandmother, with the Best ingredients and of multiple different flavors to adapt to all likes. Those who prefer the traditional recipes represented in Croquetas lifelong like ham but also others daring and innovative. Le croquette It is a physical store, and now also with an online service, which allows you to enjoy this Spanish gastronomic snack in a variety of experiences. Also, with a certain Bilbao touch, as you will discover below.
Fans of homemade croquette
The two makers of Le croquette They are Tamara and Rafael, born in Bilbao, who little by little have managed to gain a foothold in Spanish gastronomy. Not through a restaurant or a bar, but by preparing and offering the croquette-loving public a quality product of which they are also fans. Now, just as many people appreciate the excellence of this homemade tapa, equally both entrepreneurs bet on this quality.
For this reason, having taken over the hospitality industry by coming from a family dedicated to this sector, they ventured to create the best croquettes possible. Always made by hand, thinking about the traditional grandmothers and providing an authentic delicacy that explodes in the mouth. Not just because you can enjoy that flavor so typical of this product, but because you also have other Amazing.
The fact is that both Bilbaoans mounted a first place in the San Miguel market (Madrid) to offer their specialty "croquetera". From that moment on, everything has been to grow and grow, improving processes and even the catalog of flavors. At first they brought their croquettes from Bilbao to the Spanish capital but later they began to prepare them in the Madrid workshop. They distribute them both to restaurants and supermarkets but today you can enjoy them through other channels.
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Online sales and… in Mexico!
Yes, you can directly buy the packages of Croquetas frozen in bags of up to 17 units (500 grams) for a common price of 9,90€ in the online store of Le croquette. Shipments are already available throughout the peninsula, so you can enjoy these homemade delicacies at home. Compared to those that, for example, you find in your usual supermarket, these differ in their quality, their craftsmanship and their diversity of flavors.
Before delving into that last point, as well as the elaboration of this gastronomic snack So beloved, we must stop at another surprising step by this "croquette" company. And it is that it already sells its products on the other side of the pond, specifically in Mexico. The gourmet shops City market They market their frozen croquettes and have already been successful with consumers. So we cannot rule out that they will soon expand to other Latin countries because this cover is very popular.
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The specialties of Le Croquette
En Le croquette They know the latter and that is why they use basic ingredients, but of the highest quality, in the creation of all their croquettes. Those that provide excellence and differentiation to the product. So they use whole milk from Galician cow and butter also originating from said cattle, fed ecologically. Also the flour, as specified on its website, it has "the most exhaustive quality certificates."
Then, of course, the egg, But natural liquid, and breadcrumbs, whose texture, properties and even color are customized by Le croquette. The culmination is always put, in each variety, by that product that gives it a unique flavor. In this raw material they also do not skimp and bet on origins of great prestige.
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This is how they manage to obtain somewhat elongated bites with a seductive appearance for any palate. Now what about types of croquettes can you enjoy so far? The truth is that you have many options, between meats, fish, seafood, cheeses, mushrooms, vegetables ...
- Iberian Ham (originally from the Guijuelo PDO, in Huelva)
- Chorizo spicy (from León)
- Cecina (from Astorga)
- Cod Fish (from Iceland and the Faroe Islands)
- Txipiron in his ink (from the family restaurant in Bilbao)
- Carabineer (from Huelva)
- boletus edulis (mushrooms collected in Soria)
- Blue cheese (from the Cabrales PDO, in Asturias)
- Idiazábal cheese (from the Basque Country or Navarra, its two production areas)
- Spinach (fresh)
To this list are added some particular recipes such as that of roast chicken or of Shrimp Scampi. Because it is clear that in Le croquette they do not stop innovating and trying new gastronomic proposals. All, yes, in the form of croquette. Have you already been able to taste any? Which is your favorite?
