Shrimp Croquettes

Description
Croquettes containing shrimp. In the Netherlands they are known as "garnaalkroketten".

Ingredients

 * 1 cup cooked shrimp (or prawn)
 * ½ envelope gelatin
 * 2 tbsp. flour
 * 2 tbsp. butter or margarine
 * ½ cup milk
 * 1 egg yolk
 * light cream
 * juice of ½ lemon
 * salt
 * pepper
 * chopped parsley
 * 2 egg whites
 * 1 tbsp. salad oil
 * dry bread crumbs
 * fat or oil for deep frying

Directions

 * 1) Wash and drain the shrimps.
 * 2) Soak gelatin in some of the cold milk.
 * 3) Make a thick sauce of flour, milk and stock and add the shrimps and gelatin.
 * 4) Beat the egg yolk with the cream, add the sauce and return to saucepan for thickening, taking care that it does not boil.
 * 5) Add lemon juice, parsley, salt and pepper.
 * 6) Spread this mixture onto a shallow dish to cool and set. When set, cut in eight equal parts and form a firm roll of each.
 * 7) Roll each in bread crumbs, then in a mixture of beaten egg whites and salad oil and then again in bread crumbs, again in egg white and bread crumbs.
 * 8) Fry in hot deep fat (400 °F) until golden brown and serve hot, garnished with some sprigs of parsley than have been fried crisp (but not brown) in the same deep fat. # Serve hot.