Recipes from Extremadura: sweet croquettes in milk

Repápalos are some sort of croquettes made of bread, and are very popular in Extremadura. They can be salty or sweet and are a cheap and easy way of using stale bread you may have at home. Today I’m sharing with you the recipe of the sweet repápalos. I hope you like it!

Ingredients for repápalos:

1 loaf of stale white bread (I used sliced bread and it did the trick).

5 medium-sized eggs

Lemon and orange zest

100 gr sugar

Olive oil (for frying)

Ingredients for the sauce:

750 ml milk (a bit more than a pint)

6 tablespoons sugar

Lemon and orange zest

Preparation:

1. Put the milk in a saucepan together with the sugar and the lemon and orange zest.

2. Bring it to the boil, strain it using a sieve and set aside.

3. Put the bread in a bowl. Add the sugar. Grate some lemon and orange zest and add it.

4. Add a dash of the milk sauce to the mix in the bowl.

5. Mix the eggs and add them to the mix in the bowl.

6. Heat the olive oil in a big frying pan.

7. With two spoons make the repápalos, passing the mix from one spoon to the other (do not use your hands).

8. Fry the repápalos and put them on kitchen roll to absorb the excess of oil.

9. Put the milk sauce in a bigger pot and add the repápalos. Bring it to the boil then leave it to cool.

The result

 

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