Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to my 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. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first 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 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
- Prepare 75 grams butter
- Take 75 grams grated cheddar cheese
- Prepare 75 grams grated gruyere cheese
- Take 4 thick slices of good quality ham
- Make ready 125 ml milk
- Prepare 2 bay leaves
- Take 1 small onion chopped in quarters
- Prepare 20 grams plain flour
- Make ready 2 tbsp heaped Dijon mustard
- Prepare Good splash of Worcestershire sauce
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.
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