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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook croque monsieur (hot ham sandwich) using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Croque Monsieur (Hot ham sandwich):
- Take 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- Prepare 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
- Make ready 2 cup hot milk
- Prepare 1 tsp kosher salt
- Take 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- Take 1 pinch nutmeg
- Make ready 12 oz Gruyere, grated (5 cups)
- Prepare 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan
- Take 1 Dijon mustard
- Prepare 8 oz baked Virginia ham, sliced but not paper thin
- Make ready 16 slice of fresh french bread
A croque monsieur isn't just a ham and cheese sandwich. Crunchy" because it's made with toasted bread, ham, and lots of cheese that crisps up as it broils. The croque monsieur is a classic French sandwich made with ham and cheese. The name comes from the verb croquer meaning "to bite" or "to crunch" and the word monseiur meaning.
Steps to make Croque Monsieur (Hot ham sandwich):
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Melt the butter over low heat in a small saucepan and add the flour all at once, stirring with a wooden spoon for 2 minutes.
- Slowly pour the hot milk into the butter–flour mixture and cook, whisking constantly, until the sauce is thickened.
- Off the heat add the salt, pepper, nutmeg, 1/2 cup grated Gruyere, and the Parmesan and set aside.
- To toast the bread, place the slices on 2 baking sheets and bake for 5 minutes. Turn each slice and bake for another 2 minutes, until toasted.
- Lightly brush half the toasted breads with mustard, add a slice of ham to each, and sprinkle with half the remaining Gruyere.
- Top with another piece of toasted bread.
- Slather the tops with the cheese sauce, sprinkle with the remaining Gruyere, and bake the sandwiches for 5 minutes.
- Turn on the broiler and broil for 3 to 5 minutes, or until the topping is bubbly and lightly browned.
- Serve hot!
The croque monsieur is a classic French sandwich made with ham and cheese. The name comes from the verb croquer meaning "to bite" or "to crunch" and the word monseiur meaning. Slowly pour the hot milk into the butter?flour mixture and cook, whisking constantly, until the sauce is thickened. This croque monsieur is a traditional hot sandwich made with thinkly-sliced ham ham and soft, melty cheese. Literally meaning "mister crunch" in French this sandwich makes a satisfying crunch as you bite down on the toasted bread. (If you can not find Gruyere cheese, you need a cheese that melts.
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