A croquette is a small bread crumbed fried food roll containing, usually as main ingredients, mashed potatoes and/or ground meat (veal, beef, chicken, or turkey), shellfish, fish,cheese, vegetables and mixed with bechamel or brown sauce, and soaked white bread, egg, onion, spices and herbs, winw, milk, beer or any of the combination thereof, sometimes with a filling, e.g. sautéed onions or mushrooms, boiled eggs (Scotch eggs). The croquette is usually shaped into a cylinder, disk or oval shape and then deep fried.