Croc-Madame Sandwich

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make a croc madame sandwich? Prepare the ingredients. To begin with, we will prepare the bechamel sauce, so prepare the products directly for it. You can take any fat content of milk, but butter is good, not less than 72%.

2. Step 2:

   

   Take a small frying pan or saucepan with a thick bottom. Melt the butter in it. This should be done on low heat, otherwise the oil will start to burn.

3. Step 3:

   

   As soon as the butter melts, add the flour to the saucepan. And immediately start stirring it with butter. It is convenient to do this with a small whisk. If there is no such thing, then take a spatula. Hold the butter and flour on the fire for a little while, let them fry. Don't forget to stir them all the time.

4. Step 4:

   

   Pour milk into a saucepan in a thin stream and with constant stirring. Stir very vigorously, the flour should mix well, otherwise lumps of unmixed flour may remain in the sauce.

5. Step 5:

   

   Cook the sauce for a few minutes until thickened, stirring it all the time with a whisk. I also added a pinch of salt. The sauce turns out to be quite thick, like thick semolina porridge. Leave it to cool and take care of the sandwiches directly.

6. Step 6:

   

   Prepare the products for making sandwiches. I was making two sandwiches - croc-madame and croc-monsieur. You can take any bread, but white is better. Even a simple loaf will do. The cheese in the French recipe should be Gruyere. If you find it, fine, no, take any one. Mustard should not be spicy, I took it with seeds.

7. Step 7:

   

   Spread two slices of bread with soft butter.

8. Step 8:

   

   Spread mustard on top of the butter.

9. Step 9:

   

   Grate the cheese on a fine grater.

11. Step 10:

    

    Sprinkle the smeared pieces of bread with grated cheese.

12. Step 11:

    

    Lay the slices of ham on the grated cheese. I have very thinly sliced meat, I put it in a folded form. Put thick pieces without folding.

13. Step 12:

    

    Pour some more cheese on top of the ham. Cover the top with a second piece of bread.

14. Step 13:

    

    Take a baking sheet and cover it with parchment. Or a Teflon mat, like mine. Put the sandwiches on it. Preheat the oven to 180-200 °C, top-bottom mode. Put a baking tray with sandwiches in it for 5-7 minutes. Determine the exact time and temperature of baking according to your oven. The bread should turn ruddy, and the cheese should melt.

15. Step 14:

    

    While the sandwiches are baking, prepare fried eggs. It is ideal to make it in a portion pan, it will turn out smooth and round. But it will do on a regular one. You can then cut it out exactly. First, heat a little butter in a frying pan, and then break an egg into it. It is important that the yolk remains whole and liquid, and the protein is completely seized. Add salt and pepper to the glaze.

16. Step 15:

    

    Meanwhile, the sandwiches are already browned, take them out of the oven, but do not turn off the oven itself. Spread the sauce on top of each sandwich. And then sprinkle with cheese.

17. Step 16:

    

    Put the sandwiches in the oven for another couple of minutes, until the cheese melts.

18. Step 17:

    

    Serve ready-made sandwiches immediately on the table. For the croc-madame sandwich, put the fried eggs on top. Croc-monsieur serve as it is.