BBC Food - Recipes - Serrano ham and chicken croquettes with classic Spanish mixed salad

Ingredients

• 90g/3½oz butter
• 50g/2oz thinly sliced Spanish air-dried ham, roughly chopped
• 110g/4oz flour , plus 75g/3oz extra for coating
• 500ml/18floz full-fat milk
• 75g/3oz cooked chicken breast meat
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 free-range egg, hard-boiled, peel ed and finely chopped
• 2 free-range eggs , beaten
• 200g/7oz fresh white breadcrumbs , made from crustless day-old bread left out overnight
• vegetable oil , for deep-frying
• 1 head of crunchy lettuce , such as Little Gem, romaine or continental
• 2 medium vine-ripened tomatoes , cut into wedges or sliced
• 4 spring onions or salad onions, trimmed and thinly sliced
• 8 spears canned or jarred asparagus , drained
• 1 x 200g/7oz can or jar of tuna in olive oil , drained and flaked
• 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
• 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• salt , to taste
• 2 free-range eggs , hard-boiled, quartered
• 16 green olives