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Croque Monsieur
Croque Monsieur is a Parisian grilled sandwich made with sliced ham, Gruyère cheese, and a creamy white sauce, all layered on hearty sliced bread and baked until golden brown and crunchy.
Ingredients
8 slices hearty bread such as a country loaf
3 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
12 ounces Gruyere Swiss (8 ounces sliced, and 4 ounces grated fine)
20 ounces sliced ham (leftover holiday ham or deli sliced Virginia or Black Forest ham)
White sauce
4 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 cups heated light cream (or heavy cream mixed with whole milk if you can’t find light cream)
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
Few shakes Worcestershire sauce
Few grinds fresh nutmeg
Instructions
- Cover a sheet tray with parchment and lay out the bread slices. If they don’t all fit, toast in two batches.
- Butter one side and lightly toast under the broiler. Flip, butter the other side and toast again.
- Change from broil to oven and set temperature at 375 degrees F.
- In a medium saucepan, over medium heat, melt butter and once melted, add the flour, and cook for three minutes stirring often.
- Pour in heated cream one third at a time, whisking as you add each third. Whisk in the teaspoon of Dijon, salt, pepper, dry mustard, Worcestershire sauce and nutmeg.
- Place four toasted slices back on the sheet tray with a clean piece of parchment paper.
- Spread the tablespoon of Dijon on top of those four slices then top with half the white sauce, the sliced ham, and sliced Swiss.
- Place the four remaining toasted bread slices over the sandwiches and spread the remaining white sauce over each and top with the grated Swiss and Parmesan. Cover with parchment and foil and bake for ten minutes.
- Remove parchment and foil and broil to brown the tops then serve.
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