In one pan bring milk up to a near simmer. In another pan melt butter, add flour and gently cook on a low heat for about 5mins until you can smell short bread. Do not let this mix burn. If flour and butter is cooked before milk gets up to temp take off the heat. In the background grate cheese thinly. Once milk is up to temperature put flour mix back on a low heat and add in the rest of the butter. Once melted butter is mixed in add milk bit by bit. Mix well with a decent whisk until fully combined. The sauce mix should be thick and smooth. Add in grated cheese with salt. Whisk until cheese has melted. Then add in brisket and stir well. Once combined pour mix into a roasting tray and put in the fridge for at least 8 hrs or over night to cool.

You will need to set up a breading station. Mix together 100g of plain flour and 1 tbsp of Indian Espresso Spice Blend, put this in one dish. Now whisk together 3 eggs and a splash of milk, mix this until completely runny and put into another dish. Then put panko bread crumbs into another. Weigh out the cheese mix into 50g portions and roughly shape into small sausages. Put each one into the flour mix and completely cover. Take each one out, shake off any excess flour and drop into the egg mix. Make sure the egg mixture has completely covered the croquet. Then take out letting any excess egg mixture drip off and put into the panko bread crumbs. Make sure croquette is completely covered in bread crumbs. Put croquettes onto tray lined with parchment paper. (you should get about 27 croquettes).

Pre heat deep fat fryer or pan of oil to 180°C. Drop croquettes in and cook until golden brown.

When bread crumbing croquettes, keep one hand clean and the other gets messy. I use a deeper try for the egg and panko mix. This allows you to move the dish in a back and fourth motion making the mix coat the croquettes. You get less messy and can bread crumb more croquettes in one go. You can freeze the croquettes once they are coated in panko. I find its better to freeze the croquettes as singles on a tray and then put them into a tub once frozen. If you bunch them up in a container there is a high chance they will stick to each other and become misshapen. Make sure to defrost before cooking. If you panko bread crumbs are big, it's better to give them a quick blitz in a food processor or bullet.