Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, croque monsieur with a simple side salad. and a croque madame for the ladies. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Learn how to make Croque Monsieur and Croque Madame Sandwiches; classic French comfort food you can easily make at home. Essentially, the same sandwich but with a fried egg, sunny side up, on top. I share my tips for how to get a great fried egg below!
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have croque monsieur with a simple side salad. and a croque madame for the ladies using 11 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Croque Monsieur with a simple side salad. And a croque madame for the ladies:
- Make ready 4 slices sourdough or crusty bread
- Make ready 75 grams butter
- Take 75 grams grated cheddar cheese
- Prepare 75 grams grated gruyere cheese
- Prepare 4 thick slices of good quality ham
- Get 125 ml milk
- Take 2 bay leaves
- Take 1 small onion chopped in quarters
- Get 20 grams plain flour
- Make ready 2 tbsp heaped Dijon mustard
- Make ready Good splash of Worcestershire sauce
Croque-monsieur is, very simply, a grilled ham and cheese; the easy addition of a fried egg on top transforms it into a croque-madame. There are many different versions of this classic French fast food, including smothering the final product with cheesy mornay sauce. Here I've opted for the plain version. A vos fourchettes, le croque-monsieur revient accompagné du croque madame et de leurs nombreuses variantes.
Instructions to make Croque Monsieur with a simple side salad. And a croque madame for the ladies:
- Make a simple béchamel sauce. Using milk, bay leaves and a small onion. Add the Dijon mustard, a little Worcestershire sauce and the cheddar cheese. It should be a thick creamy sauce with a dark deep flavour. (well that’s how I like it but by all means use less of the mustard) - Season to taste all the time.
- Then with your slices of sourdough bread spread a little butter on one side and grill until golden (one side only) Turn the bread over and spread each slice with a thin layer of the béchamel sauce and add generous slices of ham. Add your grated gruyère cheese and form Into a sandwich. - In a frying pan melt some butter and fry gently on both sides until golden. - Transfer to a preheated oven and cook for 4-5 minutes so it warms right through to the centre.
- Now you are ready to plate up, but like a gentleman I am, I fried a free range egg to turn one of the sandwiches into a croque madame!! Unfortunately or maybe fortunately in this case, I had no female company to share with…..So I ate them both myself 😉😉 All the best and enjoy.
Toute une gamme de recettes de délicieux sandwichs à base de pain toasté, qu'on sert avec une salade en guise de repas. Des idées de plats inspirants et tellement facilles. Croque monsieur is usually made with a French toast - the egg goes in the bread instead of on top. I found this in the dictionary definition, and There are many further variations of the croque monsieur and madame, such as the croque senor, with tomato salsa and chilies, or the croque Hawaiian with. Croque Madame and Monsieur: What's The Difference?
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