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+# Croquetas
+
+Deep fried Chorizo balls.
+
+## Ingredients
+
+- Flour 75g
+- 2 eggs
+- Bread-crumbs (dried) 75g
+- Sunflower oil
+
+For the Filling:
+- Vegetable oil 4 TBsp
+- 1/2 leek
+- Flour 60g
+- Chorizo
+- Vegetable or ham stock 75ml
+- Milk 325ml
+- Grated Nutmeg (optional)
+
+## Directions
+
+1. Dice leek to very small pieces.
+2. Heat oil in pan until it starts to shimmer, add leek and fry until soft.
+3. Add Chorizo and stir. Fry for 1 min.
+4. Stir in 60g flour. Fry for about 5 min, until mixture is golden but not burnt.
+5. Combine stock and milk into pot and heat until steaming but not boiling. Season with nutmeg.
+6. Gradually add the milk stock into pan a few TBsp at a time, stirring constantly.
+7. Once you've incorporated the milk stock continue to cook for about 10 min, until it thickens and leaves the sides of the pan when you stir.
+8. Season to taste. Ensure it is extremely thick.
+9. Smooth the mixture onto a baking tray, once it has stopped steaming cover with a cloth to prevent it drying out and leave to cool in fridge for one hour.
+10. Obtain three bowls, fill one with 75g flour; one with whisked egg; one with breadcrumbs. Take mixture from fridge.
+11. Roll the mixture into balls (Croquetas).
+12. Dunk the Croquetas into the bowls in the order they are listed on step 10. Place onto a tray and put in fridge for 30 min.
+13. Fill a large pan/wok so that it is 1/3 filled with oil. Gently apply a low heat until the oil begins to shimmer, add croquetas and fry until golden all over.
+14. Drain on kitchen paper lined tray.
+
+## Contribution
+
+- siggines - [website](http://jacobsiggins.co.uk)
+
+;tags: pork spanish side deepfry