Nashville, TN
Nashville, TN

Croquetas


Barcelona Wine Bar

Croquetas

Barcelona Wine Bar
1200 Villa Place
Nashville, Tennessee, 37212
(615) 327-0600
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As soon as my fork glided through the crunchy creaminess of this dish, I realized that this would be unlike any croquette I ever had before. No tired hush puppy look-alike here! Tiny crystals from the skillfully aged Manchego had been flawlessly massaged into a creamy homogeneity delightful to any pallet. The flavor of the ham was subtle, but easily discernible and interwoven throughout the velvety cheese to create a powerful harmony of flavors. This thing literally melted away inside my mouth! Chef Eli confessed that his secret was chilling the cheese overnight, then quick flash frying to produce a thin, intensely crisp shell. Now, suspend these balls of joy in a moat of garlic aïoli, add liberal dashes of hot Spanish paprika, and you have a powerful and complex tapas on which to munch.

DISHED UP BY...

Brad Blankenship

Brad Blankenship is a retired integrative medicine doctor who has resided in Nashville for over 50 years. He, along with his wife Lulu Burns-Keller travel the US in search of new flavors. Together, they write, photograph and review for Beyondish in the Nashville area and beyond.

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