Meat croquettes are so typical in Portugal that you can find them in any coffee shop along side sandwiches and pastries. They are also very common for birthday parties (children love them), as finger food in cocktail parties or as dinner with a salad or mashed potatoes. In Christmas, the turkey leftovers inevitably always end up in croquettes – actually we always make a bigger turkey and reserve some of it's juices so we can have left over meat to make croquettes. One of the great things about croquettes is that they freeze very well and you can fry them straight from the freezer, just keep the oil at a lower temperature so as the croquettes fry they also defrosts on the inside. I normally make them the size of a thumb or in mini size for parties. You can serve them with a sauce or dip if you fancy.

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