Ham Croquettes

This is obviously a good way to use up left-over ham, bit it's also worth just buying some ham to make them.

Mince the cooked ham, using the coarse blade of your mincer, and put the onion through the mincer also. Then, in a large mixing bowl, combine the ham and onion. Break up the soaked bread and stir this in, together with the garlic, parsley and mustard. Season with pepper, but be sparing with the salt - as the ham may be salty. Add the beaten egg and stir thoroughly.
Now, mould the mixture into eight large - or twelve smallish - croaquettes or rolls, pressing firmly to bind them together. Sprinkle some flour onto a pastry board and roll each croquette in it so that they're all lightly dusted with flour. Shallow-fry them in olive oil to a light brown colour. Fried eggs make a nice accompaniment


*Source: Delia Smith