Eggplant croquettes with mushrooms and cheese

1. Stage

Pierce the eggplants with a fork in several places, bake in the oven at 190 * until soft (25 minutes).

2. Stage

Chop the oyster mushrooms, fry in a small amount of vegetable oil until golden. At the end, add 1 tsp. butter to enhance the flavor of the mushrooms.

3. Stage

Chop garlic and parsley with a knife, mash cheese with a fork

4. Stage

Peel the cooled eggplants from the skin, chop them finely with a knife, as for caviar. You can use a blender, but do not puree into a paste. Combine the prepared ingredients: eggplant, fried mushrooms, cheese, garlic, parsley, raw egg. Stir.

5. Stage

Add breadcrumbs (I grate a loaf on a grater). Salt, pepper, add dried thyme. Put it in the fridge for half an hour. The cooled mass is easier to mold.

6. Stage

Prepare the breadcrumbs: mix breadcrumbs with paprika and turmeric.

7. Stage

With hands moistened with water mold small balls of croquettes (1 tbsp. mass). Roll in the breadcrumbs, roll in the palm of your hand, so that the breadcrumbs stick to the croquettes. On oiled and (I advise) sprinkled with semolina or breadcrumbs, lay out the croquettes and bake for 25 minutes at 170° until golden.

8. Stage

From the rest of the mass I made oblong croquettes (2 by 4 cm) of the same mass. I fried them in a small frying pan with 100g of oil. They were not dipped completely in oil, the oil was enough, reaching the middle of the croquettes. They fry very fast. I put them on a paper towel.

9. Stage

Prepare sour cream sauce with mushrooms and herbs for our croquettes

10. Stage

Garlic and mushrooms in small cubes.

11. Stage

In a heated frying pan with oil fry the garlic for 1 minute, add the mushrooms, stir, fry for another 5 minutes. (remember-to enhance flavor add 1 tsp. butter) Reduce the heat to medium, pour on the pan sour cream, 50 ml of water. Braise the sauce for 5 more minutes. One minute before it's ready, pour the greens into the sauce and season with salt.

12. Stage

Serve the croquettes as an appetizer in their own right. You can also serve them as a side dish with mashed potatoes or boiled rice

13. Stage

Here's the cut.

14. Stage

And most importantly, this dish opens up such a flight of fancy! At first I wanted to chop some bell peppers, then I wanted to add nuts (pine nuts or chopped walnuts), and so much more! And with the addition of some bright note, this dish will play a new tune every time. (Loud, right?) Anyway, bon appétit!