Ham & Cheese Croquettes
Made with Perfect Italiano™ Mozzarella and Traditional Hard Cheese
Serves:
4-6
Preparation Time:
15 minutes
Cooking Time:
10 minutes
Ingredients
- 75g Perfect Italiano Mozzarella Grated Cheese
- 75g Perfect Italiano Traditional Hard Grated Cheese
- 1 egg, beaten
- Extra breadcrumbs for coating
- Cooking oil
- 1 can corn bits
- 100g chicken ham
- 1 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
- Salt and pepper to taste
Steps
- Pinch the Perfect Italiano Mozzarella and Traditional Hard Cheese together to form a 1 cm diameter ball.
- Blitz or finely chop ham, corn (leave a bit of whole corn bits inside), and breadcrumbs together and mix until you get a paste texture. Add salt and pepper.
- Adjust with more breadcrumbs if the mixture is too moist.
- Take about 1.5 tbsp of paste and flatten with both palms.
- Place the 1 cm cheese ball into the center then gently fold and enclose by rolling them smoothly between the palms to form about a 4 cm diameter ball.
- Coat balls with beaten egg followed by breadcrumbs.
- In a hot pan, pan fry the croquettes until golden brown.