Easy Creamy Croque Monsieur-style Toast
Easy Creamy Croque Monsieur-style Toast

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Great recipe for Easy Creamy Croque Monsieur-style Toast. I love the croque monsieur served at a French style cafe I frequent. The regular way is to sandwich the filling between two slices of bread and to bake it, but you can enjoy the flavor with a version using just one slice of bread topped.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have easy creamy croque monsieur-style toast using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Easy Creamy Croque Monsieur-style Toast:
  1. Get 1 slice Bread of your choice
  2. Make ready 1 slice Ham
  3. Make ready 1 enough to top the slice of bread Melting type cheese
  4. Take For the béchamel sauce:
  5. Make ready 1 pat Butter
  6. Get 1 tbsp Flour
  7. Take 100 ml Milk
  8. Take 1 Salt and pepper
  9. Get 1 dash Nutmeg (optional, if you have it)

This recipe comes from the Bakers' Catalogue - King Arthur Flour. Croque Monsieur is French for "mister crunch" because you make this recipe with toasted bread. Bake your croque in the oven or fry in the pan. Bake your croque in the oven or fry in the pan.

Steps to make Easy Creamy Croque Monsieur-style Toast:
  1. Make the bechamel sauce in the microwave. Put the butter and flour in a heatproof container, and microwave without covering for 1 minute.
  2. Mix the melted butter and flour together while you add 1/2 of the milk gradually. When it's smooth, microwave for 1 minute.
  3. Add the rest of the milk gradually while mixing. When it's smooth again, microwave for another minute.
  4. Season with salt and pepper, and add a little nutmeg if you have it. The bechamel sauce is done.
  5. Put the ham, 1-2 tablespoons of sauce, and cheese on the bread in that order, and toast in a toaster oven.
  6. When the cheese has melted and browned nicely it's done.
  7. I used an English muffin here.
  8. Great as a hot panini sandwich too.

I like to bake this sandwich in the oven because it will grill the béchamel sauce and the cheese. What is Croque Monsieur If you've never had a Croque Monsieur then you may be wonder what it is. Simply put, it's a ham and cheese sandwich with Dijon mustard and topped with béchamel sauce. It's then toasted to perfection - bubbly and golden brown. These Croque Monsieur Baked sandwiches are filled ham and cheese and topped with bechamel sauce and gruyere cheese.

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