Ham Croquettes Recipe

Ingredients for Ham Croquettes

• 2 cups mashed potatoes
• 2 tablespoons butter or other fat
• 3 egg yolks
• Cayenne
• 1 cup cooked ham
• Egg and crumbs

Instructions

1. Mix potato, butter or other fat, yolks of two eggs and cayenne, beat until smooth, then set to cool.
2. Chop the ham, mix with the other yolk, set on the stove for a moment, then turn out to cool.
3. When thoroughly cool, take a tablespoon of the potato mixture, make a hole in it, put a large teaspoon of the chopped ham inside, close the hole and shape in a ball.
4. Dip in flour, then in egg, roll in crumbs, and fry in deep fat.