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Gruyère cheese and ham just belong together. The word croque comes from the verb croquer or "to crunch". So a Croque-Monsieur roughly translates to The feminine version, a "Croque Madame", includes a fried egg on top.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook ham and cheese gruyere croque madame using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Ham and cheese gruyere croque madame:
- Get 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- Prepare 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- Make ready 1 cup whole milk
- Prepare 1 cup shredded gruyere cheese
- Get 5 teaspoons dijon mustard
- Take salt and pepper for taste
- Take 4 large eggs
- Make ready 8 slices bread, firm good quality(i used rye)
- Get .5 pound black forest ham
Good, crusty bread (baguette or sourdough ideally but ciabatta will also work), good ham (I used Gypsy ham) and nutty Gruyere cheese are all necessary. This is a variation of Amanda Hesser's croque-monsieur, a ham and Gruyere sandwich topped with béchamel. Here, we invite you to pop a fried egg on top. My favourite way to use ham is Croque Madame which is essentially a French grilled ham and cheese on steroids because it is topped with béchamel, a thick white sauce.
Steps to make Ham and cheese gruyere croque madame:
- In a small sauce pan melt 2 tablespoons of butter over medium low heat. Whisk in flour until smooth. Let bubble, don't brown. Whisk frequently for 1 minute.
- Gradually whisk in warm milk(I used cream for a thicker sauce). Raise the heat to medium and bring to a boil. While whisking frequently. Reduce heat and simmer, whisk frequently until thickened. About 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat. Stir in .75 cups of cheese and 1 teaspoon of mustard. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a bowl and place plastic wrap directly onto the surface of sauce and let cool.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Arrange bread slices on sheet(I placed a pat of butter on each slice). While baking turn once until toasted on both sides. About 10 minutes, remove from oven and set aside.
- In a frying pan melt rest of butter. Cook the eggs and season with salt and pepper to your desire. Just make sure the egg white is cooked.
- Preheat the broiler. Spread remaining mustard on 4 slices of bread. Place equal amounts of ham on bread(i used baked ham and think the thick ham would be better). Then spread cheese sauce 1 tablespoon on each slice.
- After sand which is built spread more cheese sauce on top and sprinkle remaining grated cheese on top as well. Place in oven and cooked till cheese is boiling and brown. Remove and plate then put fried egg on top. And enjoy.
I saw this muffin tin version on Rachel Khoo's Little Paris Kitchen show. I really like her show because she puts a new spin on French. Think of Croque Madame as the French equivalent to the American grilled cheese, but even more delicious! Crusty bread is spread with a Mornay sauce and Dijon mustard, stuffed with ham and gruyere, and topped with a fried egg. I'm pretty sure this is my favorite sandwich ever.
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