🇪🇸 Spain recipe
Croquetas de Jamón
Spain's ultimate comfort tapa. A thick, intensely flavoured béchamel infused with jamón ibérico is chilled until firm, shaped into small cylinders, breaded in golden breadcrumbs, and deep-fried until shattering crisp outside and molten creamy inside. Every Spanish grandmother has her own recipe, and they are always the first tapa to disappear.
Prep40 mins + 4 hrs chill
Cook20 mins
Serves6
Difficultymedium
Ingredients
- 100g jamón ibérico (or serrano), finely diced
- 80g unsalted butter
- 100g plain flour
- 750ml whole milk, warmed
- Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
- Fine sea salt and white pepper to taste
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 200g fine dried breadcrumbs (pan rallado)
- 50g plain flour (for coating)
- 500ml olive oil (for frying)
Method
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Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 300
- Protein
- 12 g
- Carbs
- 22 g
- Fat
- 18 g
