Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, spanish ham croquetas. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Croquetas de jamón (cured ham croquettes) are small, lightly breaded and fried bechamel fritters that include delicious Spanish cured ham. They are a sure hit as an appetizer or an afternoon snack with. What Makes Perfect Spanish Ham Croquettes?
Spanish ham Croquetas is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Spanish ham Croquetas is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have spanish ham croquetas using 9 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Spanish ham Croquetas:
- Make ready thick bechamel sauce
- Take 1 tbsp butter or margerine
- Take 100 grams plain flour (or as much as the butter absorbs)
- Prepare 1/2 liter milk
- Take 1 pinch salt
- Get 1 tbsp cornflour dissolved in some milk
- Get breading
- Prepare 1 eggs
- Get 100 grams dried fine breadcrumbs
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Steps to make Spanish ham Croquetas:
- Melt butter in a fryingpan
- Add flour while on a low heat. Quantities are approximate as I add as much as the butter absorbs. When the mixture stops sticking to the pan I consider it ready as for bechamel sauce but I add a bit more flour to make sure is thick enough to shape the croquetas.
- Add the milk slowly specially at the beggining making sure it doesn't clump. Stir well
- Add a pinch of salt and the dissolved cornflour dissolved in some milk. Let the sauce bubble a bit while it thickens
- Add ham. (or your desired filling. My mum used to use chicken meat. I use serrano ham, crabmeat…) and mix
- Let mixture cool in the fridge for a couple of hours until you're ready to shape croquetas
- Prepare 1 bowl with breadcrumbs 1 bowl with beaten egg and two spoons to start shaping mixture
- With the two spoons shape a bullet of the mixture
- Pass bullet shapes of bechamel mix to beaten egg bowl. Máx three at a time
- Coat them after with breadcrumbs
- They are ready to deep fry in plenty hot oil. Or to freeze as I do for later use
Croquetas de Jamón are a common sight on bar counters and in homes across Spain, served as a tapa, light lunch, or a dinner along with a salad. Croquettes are an extremely popular part of the Spanish tapas, i.e., appetizers or snacks served in bars. Every Spanish household has its own special recipe for making these mouth-watering snacks. They say that you can judge a tapas bar by the quality of its croquetas. Fry the croquetas in batches for a couple of minutes or crisp and golden all over, then lift out with a slotted spoon and drain.
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