Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, croque monsieur with a simple side salad. and a croque madame for the ladies. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Great recipe for Croque Monsieur with a simple side salad. And a croque madame for the ladies. When I made this dish for the first time a few years ago I was told it was just a posh cheese and ham toastie. Probably, but it's a little bit more flavoursome than any brand of sandwich maker can.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. 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 cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Croque Monsieur with a simple side salad. And a croque madame for the ladies:
- Take 4 slices sourdough or crusty bread
- Get 75 grams butter
- Make ready 75 grams grated cheddar cheese
- Take 75 grams grated gruyere cheese
- Take 4 thick slices of good quality ham
- Make ready 125 ml milk
- Take 2 bay leaves
- Make ready 1 small onion chopped in quarters
- Take 20 grams plain flour
- Get 2 tbsp heaped Dijon mustard
- Get Good splash of Worcestershire sauce
Trim cheese so it is a tad smaller than the bread slices. A croque madame is a croque monsieur served with a poached or lightly fried egg on top. To make a croque monsieur into a croque madame sandwich, just make the recipe as instructed below, then fry eggs (one for each sandwich, sunny-side up) in a separate skillet while the sandwiches toast in the oven. Serve with a green salad and a small cup of French Onion Soup and you have the perfect Parisian meal! 'Croque' means to crunch in French.
Steps 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.
To make a croque monsieur into a croque madame sandwich, just make the recipe as instructed below, then fry eggs (one for each sandwich, sunny-side up) in a separate skillet while the sandwiches toast in the oven. Serve with a green salad and a small cup of French Onion Soup and you have the perfect Parisian meal! 'Croque' means to crunch in French. Croque Madame or Croque Monsieur literally means Mrs. A simple formula that used sliced bread ham, cheese plus an egg for the croque madame. Press ham and cheese sides of sandwiches together.
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