Croque Monsieur | Food My Muse

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Name: Croque Monsieur
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: O Organics Milk, Low Fat, Organic; Natural Choice Natural Choice Smoked Deli Ham; McCormick Gourmet™ Global Selects White Pepper from Malaysia; French's® Stone Ground Dijon Mustard; McCormick Gourmet™ Organic Whole Nutmeg; St Pierre Brioche to Share; Boar's Head Cheese, Gruyere, Hickory Smoked; Land O Lakes Butter, with Olive Oil & Sea Salt; Gold Medal All Purpose Flour with Resealable Bag; Chives; O Organics Cheese, Organic, Shredded, Parmesan; Morton Iodized Salt, 26 Ounce

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Croque Monsieur

Serves 230 mins prep40 mins cook

Croque monsieur is an icon in my book, takes me back to my time in France having it at basically any brasserie and just falling in love, over and over again ❤️😍 it’s my favorite sandwich, no questions asked. What’s yours?

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What you need

cup milk

Natural Choice Natural Choice Smoked Deli Ham

smoked ham

McCormick Gourmet™ Global Selects White Pepper from Malaysia

tsp white pepper

tsp dijon mustard

tsp nutmeg

bread loaf

Boar's Head Cheese, Gruyere, Hickory Smoked

oz gruyere

Land O Lakes Butter, with Olive Oil & Sea Salt

tbsp unsalted butter

Gold Medal All Purpose Flour with Resealable Bag

tbsp all purpose flour

tbsp chive

O Organics Cheese, Organic, Shredded, Parmesan

oz parmesan cheese

salt

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Instructions

1. Melt your butter and add the flour. Cook it together for about 4-5 min on medium low to cook out the flavor of the flour.
2. Whisk in your warmed up milk slowly and let it thicken, about 5 min on medium low.
3. Add in pepper, chives, salt, nutmeg & dijon.
4. Spread the bechamel on all 8 slices all bread. Add 2 slices of ham to 4 slices of bread and top with some of the cheese, leaving some behind for topping.
5. Top the bread with the ham and cheese with the remaining bread slices, bechamel side up.
6. Add remaining cheese on top of the sandwiches and bake at 400 for 12-15 min and broil 1-2 or until cheese is golden.

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