Name of Recipe: Spanish Ham Croquetas
Number of People:4
Ingredients:
150g serrano ham, regular ham or cooked chicken
2 hard boiled eggs (optional)
50g extra virgin olive oil
100g butter
30g onion
170g flour
400g milk
Grated nutmeg, black pepper and salt to taste
Preparation:
1. Chop the ham (or chosen meat) with 5 bursts of Turbo. Remove and reserve.
2. Chop hard boiled eggs, 2 sec/ speed 4. Remove and reserve.
3. Put in olive oil, butter, onion and program 3 minutes, 100ºC, speed 2 1/2.
4. Incorporate the rest of the ingredients, except the ham and eggs. Mix 10 sec/ speed 6. Add in 2 tablespoons of the chopped ham and program 7 min/Varoma/Speed 4. When the machine stops, let the mixture stand for 5 mins. Add in the rest of the ham and eggs and mix well with the spatula. Add salt to taste.
5. Pour mixture into a bowl, let it cool down and leave in the fridge for at least 2 hours or overnight. Shape into oval balls and deep fry just before serving. If you prefer a thicker crust, you may dip it in beaten egg mixture and coat it with breadcrumbs before frying.
Tips/Hints:
This is a very popular tapas dish and keeps very well in the freezer. Worth making it in large batches.
Adapted and translated from Thermomix - Imprescindible para su cocina.
