Lobster Croquette Pizza

We Miami Cubans love our croquettes.  Chicken croquettes, ham croquettes, fish, cheese, fill in the blank croquettes.  So today I pondered, why not put them on a pizza?  The resulting concoction was outrageously tasty.  Here I will share my quick and simple fried lobster croquettes.

I love pizza.  I love all incarnations of pizza.  But my absolute favorite will always be a thin crispy crust.  Keep in mind the thickness of your dough when making these croquettes.  Since my dough recipe is a light, thin, airy finished product, I made my croquettes smaller than usual and cut then in half.

Thank you to my lovely hand model!

I used a combination of two cheeses for this recipe, fontina and edam.  Fontina is a cow's milk wonderful melting Italian cheese that always perfectly accents any pizza.  Edam is a Dutch cheese that when smoked provides a wealthy rich depth of flavor.  The smokiness of the cheese perfectly balances out the overall flavor profile of this pizza.

Thin & Airy Dough & Sliced Fontina Cheese

Plum Tomato Sauce

Lobster Croquettes

Thick-cut Smoked Bacon

Shredded  Applewood Smoked Edam Cheese

Enjoy...



Lobster Croquette Pizza

For the Lobster Croquette:
1 1/4 lb Florida lobster tail meat
2 eggs
1 cup fresh bread crumbs
1 tbs olive oil mayo
1 garlic clove - minced
3 chives - minced fine

Spice Mix
1/4 tsp dried oregano
1/4 tsp dried marjoram
1/4 tsp ground coriander
1/4 tsp orange peel
sea salt
black pepper

1 cup Cuban cracker meal
Peanut oil

In a saucepan, heat enough water to cook the lobster meat.  Bring the water to just under the boil, about 200 F.  In a glass bowl, prepare an ice bath (water & ice).  Cook the lobster meat for 3 minutes.  Remove to the ice bath.

Finely process the lobster meat in a food processor.

In a glass bowl, combine the lobster meat, eggs, fresh bread crumbs, mayo, chives, garlic & spice mix.  Mix well.  Place in a covered container and fridge overnight.

Heat the peanut oil to 350 F.  Remove croquette mix from fridge 25 minutes prior to use.  Using a tablespoon, scoop 1 tbs of mix and form into a small ball.  Add the Cuban cracker meal to a bowl.  Coat each croquette in the cracker meal.  Drop into the oil and fry to a golden brown.

Voila!  Nice and simple.

That's it for now...till we exchange a few words again...Peace!