Friture Snack · Cheese Croquette
Kaaskroket (Cheese Croquette)
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A proper kaaskroket filling is chilled for hours before frying — skip that step and the molten cheese sauce bursts straight through the breadcrumb coating in the fryer.
A kaaskroket is a thick béchamel-and-cheese filling, chilled until firm, then rolled into a cylinder, breaded, and deep-fried until the crust shatters to reveal a molten, stretchy center. Friture stands and snack bars sell them alongside fries, usually with a squeeze of mustard on the side.
Why it's made this way: Croquettes spread through Belgium in the early 1900s as a way to use up rich sauces and cheese, and the frituur culture already built around fries made them a natural next thing to drop into the fryer.
Roughly what's in it
320kcal
10gprotein
26gcarbs
20gfat
Estimated per typical street-vendor portion — not lab-tested.
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