Croque Monsieur

Learn how to make a Croque Monsieur, a delicious French hot sandwich with ham and cheese!

On our last trip to Paris our meals were all wonderful and not expensive. It's amazing how you can eat well there and on a budget! One of our lunches was at Paul, a great bakery/restaurant. We had a Croque Monsieur sandwich and we just loved it. And since we came back it became one of our favorites at home.

What is the correct spelling?

Some people think it's croc monsieur, others crock monsieur and even monsieur croque , but the correct spelling (and order) is Croque Monsieur.

Ingredients

To make this Croque Monsieur recipe you'll need the ingredients bellow.

For the sauce:

• butter
• all-purpose flour
• milk
• nutmeg
• salt
• black pepper

And for the rest of the recipe:

• gruyère or emmental cheese
• mozzarella
• sliced bread
• ham
• Dijon mustard (optional)

How to make

• Preheat the oven.
• Make the sauce: in a saucepan melt butter. Add flour, stirring constantly until smooth, about 2 minutes. Slowly add milk, stirring continuously, and cook until the mixture thickens a little and is lightly golden. Remove from heat and add mozzarella, nutmeg, salt and pepper.
• Lightly and evenly butter bread slices, place them in a baking pan and put it in the oven for 3 minutes. Remove from oven and place the ham slices and about 1/3 cup Gruyère cheese on 3 of the bread slices. Top each with one of remaining bread slices. Spread sauce to cover the top of each sandwich (crusts, too). Sprinkle evenly with the remaining cheese.
• Bake the sandwiches for about 5 minutes then place under lit broiler until cheese mixture on top is bubbling and lightly browned, about 3 minutes.

You can serve the Croque Monsieur with a green salad seasoned with salt, pepper, olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

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Croque Monsieur

Learn how to make a Croque Monsieur, a delicious French hot sandwich with ham and cheese!

Course sandwich

Cuisine French

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes minutes

Servings 3

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp butter plus softened butter for bread
• 1 tbsp all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• Pinch of nutmeg
• Salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 1/2 cups gruyère or emmental cheese grated
• 1/2 cup mozzarella
• 6 slices bread
• 6 slices ham
• Dijon mustard optional

Instructions

• In a saucepan melt butter. Add flour, stirring constantly until smooth, about 1 minute. Slowly add milk, stirring continuously, and cook until mixture thickens a little and is lightly golden.
• Remove from heat and add mozzarella, nutmeg, salt and pepper.
• Lightly and evenly butter bread slices, place them in a baking pan and put it in the oven fo raround 3 minutes.
• Remove from oven. Spread a little mustard (if using) and place the ham slices and about 1/3 cup Gruyère cheese on 3 of the bread slices. Top each with one of remaining bread slices.
• Spread sauce to cover the top of each sandwich (crusts, too). Sprinkle evenly with the remaining cheese.
• Bake the sandwiches for about 5 minutes then place under lit broiler until cheese mixture on top is bubbling and lightly browned, about 3 minutes.

Notes

You can serve the Croque Monsieur with a green salad seasoned with salt, pepper, olive oil and balsamic vinegar.