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Croque monsieur

Name: Croque monsieur
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 4 slices thick sandwich bread white bread; 4 slices cooked ham; 1 cup grated gruyère cheese; 2 tbsp butter; 1 tbsp maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 2/3 cup milk; a pinch of nutmeg whole spices; 2 tsp prepared mustard; a pinch salt; a pinch black pepper

A ham and cheese toastie that went to finishing school and came back with béchamel.

25 minTime

36 gProtein each

mildSpice

The café crunch2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayHam, Gruyère and béchamel on pain de mie, grilled.

The original

667kcalsame

36 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

25minutessame

Croque monsieur.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

White bread4 slices, thick sandwich bread

Cooked ham4 slices

Gruyère cheese1 cup, grated

Butter2 tbsp

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1 tbsp

Milk⅔ cup

Whole spicesa pinch of nutmeg

Prepared mustard2 tsp

Salta pinch

Black peppera pinch

Method

4 steps

1Make a quick béchamel: melt 1 tbsp butter, stir in flour for a minute, whisk in milk and cook until thick. Season with nutmeg, salt and pepper, then stir in a third of the cheese.
2Spread two slices of bread thinly with mustard, add ham and half the remaining cheese, and close with the other slices.
3Butter the outsides and toast in a pan until golden on both sides.
4Spread béchamel on top, scatter the last of the cheese and grill until bubbling and spotted brown.

Serve it like this

Serve whole or halved on a plate with a small green salad and cornichons. Eat with a knife and fork while the top still bubbles.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Paris

Croque monsieur

A ham and cheese toastie that went to finishing school and came back with béchamel.

25 minTime

36 gProtein each

mildSpice

The café crunch2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayHam, Gruyère and béchamel on pain de mie, grilled.

The original

667kcalsame

36 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

25minutessame

Croque monsieur.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

White bread4 slices, thick sandwich bread

Cooked ham4 slices

Gruyère cheese1 cup, grated

Butter2 tbsp

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1 tbsp

Milk⅔ cup

Whole spicesa pinch of nutmeg

Prepared mustard2 tsp

Salta pinch

Black peppera pinch

Method

4 steps

1Make a quick béchamel: melt 1 tbsp butter, stir in flour for a minute, whisk in milk and cook until thick. Season with nutmeg, salt and pepper, then stir in a third of the cheese.
2Spread two slices of bread thinly with mustard, add ham and half the remaining cheese, and close with the other slices.
3Butter the outsides and toast in a pan until golden on both sides.
4Spread béchamel on top, scatter the last of the cheese and grill until bubbling and spotted brown.

Serve it like this

Serve whole or halved on a plate with a small green salad and cornichons. Eat with a knife and fork while the top still bubbles.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Croque monsieur

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Ingredients

Method

Croque monsieur

Make it your way

Ingredients

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