Ham Croquettes

HAM CROQUETTES

Originally titled "Ham Croquets". Ingredients and instructions were interlaced, so I've adjusted this from its original format for ease of use.

Croquettes:
3 T butter
¼ cup (32g) flour
¾ cup (175ml) milk
2 cups (500ml) coarsely ground cooked ham
1 tsp onion powder
2 tsp prepared mustard
¾ cup (120g) fine dry bread crumbs
1 egg, beaten
2 T water

Egg sauce:
2 T butter
2 T flour
¼ tsp salt
dash pepper
1 cup (250ml) milk
1 hard cooked egg

Cook butter, flour, and milk until thick & bubbly. Cook 1 min. Remove from heat. Add ham, onion powder, and mustard. Blend well. Chill well. Shape mixture into 8 to 10 balls. Roll in bread crumbs. Shape into cones handling lightly. Dip into mixture of egg and water. Roll in crumbs again. Fry in deep hot fat (365°F - 185°C) for 1½ to 2 min. Drain.

Egg sauce - Melt butter, blend in flour, salt, and pepper (make a roux). Add milk, cook & stir till thick and bubbly. Add hard cooked egg.

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The recipe doesn't say, but I'm guessing the har cooked egg is a mashed hard boiled egg or minced scrambled or fried egg. I'm not sure about the cone shaping, either. I remember the once or twice we had them being round. I'm also unsure about the onion powder. The recipe simply calls for onion, but 1 tsp of diced onion, even practically puréed, is not much, but onion powder would be about right. Let me know what you think.

I am aware that ham is not measured in mililitres, but I could not find a reasonable comparison to grams. Suffice that 2 250ml measuring cups will do.

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