Ham Croquetas

These delicious crunchy croquetas are simple to make as they follow a similar procedure to making a white sauce. What is difficult is finding the jamón (cured ham. In the restaurant we simmer a jamón bone in milk, before picking the meat off the bone and use both milk and meat to make the croquetas. This is impractical at home, so instead we gently poach chopped jamón in milk, which works very well.