I am a Dutchman in the amazing country of Finland and I wondered if these are sold anywhere here? They are called “Kroket/Kroketten/Croquette ” typically filled with a meat ragout.

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  2. Nope. We get our heart diseases in other ways. I’m not sure if we really have that many deep fried foods in general. Well except like fries and stuff but that’s about it.

  6. Depends on where you live. In Vasa there is a kiosk that sells them. Otherwise your best bet is probably Lidl’s frozen section.

  10. Kroketten? As a German, this is supposed to be filled with potato, nothing else. And it’s a side, not the main course.

  12. Not very often seen in markets, but in restaurants you can find them on the menu from time to time.

  13. Since we don’t have FEBO (and only product I tried in those places), practically no. I love krokets but at least ones in Prisma has no filling like Dutch version. They are plain.

  15. We have those in Vaasa! Legenadary foodcart on the marketplace. Open till like 5 in the morning on weekends so perfect food to get after clubbing

  17. I can’t help you, but thanks to this thread, I learned that the Finnish name for a croquette is *kuorukka*. Just wanted to say that I love that word.

  20. You can simply make crêpes, mince the cooked meat (I like the mix of chicken and beef from the stock), roll them nicely and tightly. Then dip them in the beaten egg, cover with bread crumbs and… Fry. Et’ voila. Easy and way better than store-bought. If you want I can give you my detailed recipe.

  21. Quite easy to make your self but it takes time and its messy with fingers full of dough 🙂 i have made once those thingies. and i made “cheddar/creamy cheese” balls at the same time.

  23. Okey, to check some terms “ragout” is French style slow cooked stew, right? How do you fill something deep fried with a meat stew? Thin layer of though or elastic and water resistant dough? Mix it into something that can be shaped and fried?

    Terms “Kroket/Kroketten/Croquette” are mostly used in Finland to refer to the potato mash balls that are pan or deep fried, similarly to German usage of the term. The Spanish version with ham mixed into dough is also somewhat know though not nearly as easily available, and the name might be more concerned with Spain and ham than being croquette.

    If we go by the looks, closest thing I can think of would be cheese sticks, which are usually known as such (or with direct translation, more accurately) or with word for type of cheese or whatever there is on top of cheese in them combined with word for the shape in which they are fried.

    As for finding them in Finland, there might be restaurants or bars with Dutch theming and these might have these available, but I haven’t noticed any with that theme, French food culture and German & Belgium’s beer culture is much better marketed in popular media. For food stores, Lidls are most likely to have them, but likely not in regular selection even there.

  26. You can get potato croquets or meat filled pastries, and meat filled ones with fish or chicken. But the exact same I don’t think you can find here.

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