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The simplest and most luxurious breakfast. How to make a Croque Madame sandwich
Croque Monsieur and Croque Madame are two surprisingly simple, but very comforting sandwiches that you will find on the breakfast menu of any French cafe. In fact, these iconic dishes first appeared on the menu of a Parisian restaurant back in 1910. These two sandwiches differ only in one ingredient – a Croque Madame is topped with a fried egg.
However, you don’t have to book a flight to Paris to treat yourself to a delicious French breakfast. Today we will prepare a crock-madam sandwich, on which you will spend up to 15 minutes of your time, and you will most likely find all the necessary ingredients in the fridge.
Tips on making the perfect Croque Madame sandwich
Bread. Typically, toast is used for a Croque Madame sandwich, but I recommend using a nice loaf of bread. This time I decided to use bread with sesame seeds in it, but you can go for bread with seeds or just plain bread.
Cheese. The classic recipe calls for Gruyere cheese, but you can use hard cheese for your Croque Madame. If you want a slightly sharper, saltier taste, you can add some grated Parmesan cheese, as I did.
Ham. I like it when the ham is cut into thin slices, so it can be folded in half.
Eggs. Farmer’s eggs are perfect for this dish. I usually buy them at the market. But any eggs are suitable for this dish. You can even use quail eggs if you like.
Sauces. The classic Croque Madame sandwich recipe uses mustard and béchamel sauce. I prefer Dijon mustard, but you can use any kind, for example, sweet American. In fact, if you’re making a kid-friendly version of the dish, you can skip mustard altogether.
How to prepare a Croque Madame sandwich
Ingredients
For two sandwiches):
2 eggs
2 slices ham
4 slices bread
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
50g hard meltable cheese such as Gruyere or Swiss, grated
1 tbsp grated Parmesan
20g unsalted butter
For the béchamel:
25g unsalted butter
25g all-purpose flour
200ml milk
Salt
Ground pepper
Ground nutmeg
The simplest and most luxurious breakfast. How to make a Croque Madame sandwich: Приготування
Preheat the oven to 180C and gather all of the ingredients you will be using.
Place the bread slices onto a paper-lined baking sheet. Place into the hot oven and cook until slightly crispy. Alternatively, you can toast the bread slices on a hot dry frying pan. If you want a richer flavor, spread a little butter onto the slices before baking or frying them.
Make the béchamel. In a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium or low heat until it starts bubbling gently. Mix in the flour and cook, stirring constantly, for about 2 minutes.
Whisking constantly, slowly drizzle in the milk. Continue cooking the sauce until it thickens, then remove it from the heat.
Salt the sauce, add some ground black pepper and a pinch of nutmeg. Stir to combine.
In a small bowl, combine the grated cheese. Set aside.
Spread the mustard on half the toasted bread slices.
Fold the ham slices in half and lay them on the mustard.
Sprinkle with the grated cheese mixture. Cover with the other two slices of bread.
Pour about two tablespoons bechamel onto each sandwich.
Sprinkle the rest of the cheese onto the bechamel-covered sandwiches. Transfer the sandwiches to the hot oven and bake for about 5-7 minutes at 180C, until the cheese starts bubbling slightly and turns golden.
Heat up some butter in a frying pan and fry two eggs. Slide the fried eggs onto the baked sandwiches and sprinkle some freshly ground pepper on top.
Cooking is easy!
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