Croquetas de Serrano jamon y manchego
2 tbs butter
2 tbs olive oil
1/4 onion finely diced
7 tbs of flour
1 1/2 cups of milk
6 tbs of chopped up jamon / or any other meat or maybe even mushrooms
so.. melt butter and oilve oil
once melted add onion.. cook medium high heat till its translucent
mix in flour (it will get all pasty and nasty) cook this for about a min… lower the heat a little
then pour in milk slowly so that it can incorporate into the flour mixture
bring back up the heat a little bit until milk flour mixture (bechamel) comes all smooth and creamy (no flour lumps)
add in ham, stir it up for about a min
take off heat and place in a airtight container until cool (overnight is even better)
next day take it out, portion it up until you have about 16 equal ovals., get 3 dishes, one for flour, one for about 2 beaten eggs, one for breadcrumbs
coat a ball of batter in flour lightly, and shake excess off
dip in eggwash, shake excess off
dip in breadcrumbs,… shake it
fry in olive oil,,, (or if u dont have.. any oil is fine) make sure the oil is high enough to fully cover the croquettes. also make sure the temperature is about 325. Should only take 1 min each side. 2 min total.
tip.. only fry 4 at once so the temperature doesn’t drop to much. and always adjust the heat to compensate for heat loss or gain. let them cool down and shove them in yo mouth!
other ideas… instead of jamon you can use some tasty earthy mushrooms, add in some tomato paste into the bechamel, add in some manchego cheese. ideas are endless 
Bacon Egg & Cheese
…spaghetti.
Haha, I would call it carbonara but i fudged the recipe and wouldn’t want to offend any one from Jersey Shore. haha
Crisped up some thick cut rind on bacon, boiled up some spaghetti. Drained pasta and moved off heat, tossed in the bacon, a handful of Parmesan, two egg yolks and a splash of milk. BAM Sunday night dinner made in about 15 minutes. I love food cooked with very few ingredients and fuss. Quality ingredients showcase the food for what it is, instead of trying to cover it up with a billion other unneeded ingredients.
While making this i started thinking about doing sketches of the food that I make. I drew up a few for fun and realized i need to work on template and formatting. But once I get that done it will be fun! I much rather look at a sketch then follow a recipe.
Happy Presidents Day!
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