Croc monsieur

Original, unusual, for breakfast and snack! Croc monsieur — French hot sandwiches made of bread, ham and cheese, which are baked with a thick aromatic bechamel sauce. They turn out to be hearty, tasty and healthy — just what you need for breakfast.

Anna

The author of the recipe

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Composition / ingredients

servings:

For croc monsieur:

White bread (4 slices)

100

Soft cheese

Hard cheese

Ham

For bechamel sauce:

Milk

100

Butter

Flour

Nutmeg (pinch)

Salt

to taste

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 28 % 18 g

Fats 64 % 41 g

Carbohydrates 8 % 5 g

278 kcal

GI: 0 / 80 / 20

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 30 min

Step 1:
How to make a Croc monsieur? Prepare the products. The classic version of the sandwich is prepared with bechamel sauce. You can, of course, cook without sauce, using mustard and mayonnaise instead, but I will prepare an original sandwich. Take white square bread, for toast. My ham is small, so I take 4 slices. I took mozzarella cheese and melted in plates. Hard cheese for sprinkling (Parmesan, Gruyere).
Step 2:
First prepare the bechamel sauce. You can cook a little more of it, so that you can quickly make such sandwiches or use it for other dishes (lasagna, pasta). How to make sauce? Take a saucepan with a thick bottom, melt butter in it over medium heat. Choose high-quality, natural oil, without milk fat substitutes.
Step 3:
Add flour to the butter and lightly fry it, stirring, until light nutty flavor.
Step 4:
Pour milk into the ladle in a thin stream (it is better if it is warm), add salt, nutmeg. Mix thoroughly (it's good to use a whisk for this) and cook the sauce over low heat until thickened. Then cool it down a little.
Step 5:
Croc-monsieur sandwiches will be baked in the oven, so first turn it on to warm up to 190 degrees. Put the parchment on a baking sheet or frying pan, put a slice of bread on it. I cut off the crusts at the edges, but then I regretted it - they crunch very tasty in the finished sandwich. And croc just translated from French means "crunch".
Step 6:
Put a little bechamel sauce on each slice of bread.
Step 7:
Place a slice of soft cheese on top. I'm experimenting, I spread the melted, but with mozzarella it will turn out better.
Step 8:
Put a piece of ham on the cheese (I have two pieces, since I took a small one). And put a piece of soft cheese on top again.
Step 9:
Put a piece of bread on top of the cheese, pour the bechamel sauce over it. Grate the hard cheese on a coarse grater and sprinkle them over the sandwiches. Place a baking sheet with croc-monsieur in the oven for 10 minutes until the cheese melts and an appetizing crust appears.
Step 10:
Ready croc-monsieur serve immediately to the table, with a cup of freshly brewed tea or coffee. You can also add fried eggs to the sandwich by laying it on top of the sandwich, then you will get a croc madame. Enjoy your meal!

"Croque-monsieur" is the most famous French sandwich with cheese and ham. Croc-monsieur first appeared on the menu of a Paris cafe in 1910. In 1919, he was mentioned in Marcel Proust's book "Under the Shadow of Girls in Bloom". The origin of the name of the dish is not exactly known. According to one theory, it was formed from the French verb croquer (to crunch), and the address "monsieur". "Croque-monsieur" served on top with fried egg is called "Croque-madame" (in memory of women's hats of that time).

Any cheese is suitable for this dish — hard, semi-hard, soft, like mozzarella. The main thing is that it is tasty, high-quality, without milk fat substitutes and melts well.

Keep in mind that everyone's ovens are different. The temperature and cooking time may differ from those specified in the recipe. To make any baked dish successful, use useful information about the features of ovens !

So that the oven has time to heat up to the desired temperature, turn it on in advance (10-20 minutes before the start of cooking).