Tapas
Croquetas de Jamón
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Crispy Spanish croquettes with a creamy ham filling – a tapas favourite worth the prep. Fried golden and wonderfully moist inside.
Timing
- Preparation: approx. 30 minutes
- Chilling time: at least 1 hour
- Frying: approx. 15 minutes
- Total: approx. 45 minutes + chilling
Estimated nutrition
per serving · Calculated for 4 servings.
- Energy
- ≈ 405 kcal
- Protein
- ≈ 18.5 g
- Carbohydrates
- ≈ 27.5 g
- Fat
- ≈ 23.9 g
Approximate values based on the listed ingredients. Brands, cheese, portion size and preparation can change the values.
Calculation basis
Item weights and household measures are estimated. Unless specified: milk with 1.5% fat, cream with 30% fat and Gouda cheese. Optional ingredients, small amounts of seasoning and separately listed side dishes are excluded. For imprecise entries, the amounts below and comparable reference products are assumed. For alternatives, the first listed ingredient is used. Cooking losses have not been measured.
Quantity assumptions and ingredient mapping
- 2 eggs · ≈ 100.0 g
- 100 g Serrano ham · ≈ 100 g · Assumed quantity / reference product
- breadcrumbs · ≈ 80 g · Assumed quantity / reference product
- oil for frying · ≈ 32 g · Estimated absorbed cooking fat, not the entire oil bath
Matvaretabellen: Mattilsynet · Santa Maria
Food data: Max Rubner-Institut, BLS 4.0 (2025), CC BY 4.0. Calculated and rounded for this recipe. BLS 4.0 · CC BY 4.0
Ingredients
- 100 g Serrano ham
- 50 g butter
- 50 g flour
- 500 ml milk
- 2 eggs
- breadcrumbs
- oil for frying
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
- Melt the butter.
- Stir in the flour.
- Gradually add the milk and whisk until smooth.
- Fold in the ham and season.
- Chill the mixture.
- Shape into croquettes.
- Coat in breadcrumbs.
- Fry until golden.
