Ingredients

The following ingredients have 8 Servings
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 4 tablespoons finely chopped onion
  • 4 tablespoons all purpose flour
  • 2 cups cured ham (Jamon) very finely diced
  • 4 cups milk
  • Salt (not very much because of the salt of the ham
  • Pepper freshly ground
  • 1 beaten egg
  • breadcrumbs
  • Vegetable oil for frying

Instruction

  • Melt the butter over medium heat in a heavy medium saucepan. Add the onion and cook until soft. Add the cured ham (jamon) and fry for 1 minute. Stir in the flour, and cook for about three minutes until smooth. Whisk in the milk and bring to a simmer, whisking all the while, until the mixture begins to thicken. Turn the heat to very low, and simmer, stirring often with a whisk and scraping the bottom and edges of the pan with a rubber spatula, for 12 minutes so the sauce loses its raw flour taste. Season with salt and pepper. Pour the mixture into a Pyrex, smooth the top, cover with cling film and allow to cool. Put in the fridge overnight.
  • With 2 spoons, make balls of the mixture and put them on a tray.
  • Roll the croquetas in egg and then breadcrumbs. Put in the fridge until ready to fry.
  • Fry and serve warm or cold.
  • The croquetas can be frozen before frying - to fry, no need to thaw because they are quite small.