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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 begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook ham and cheese gruyere croque madame using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Ham and cheese gruyere croque madame:
- Take 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- Get 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- Make ready 1 cup whole milk
- Make ready 1 cup shredded gruyere cheese
- Get 5 teaspoons dijon mustard
- Make ready salt and pepper for taste
- Get 4 large eggs
- Take 8 slices bread, firm good quality(i used rye)
- Take .5 pound black forest ham
Ham - adds a nice, smoky flavor to the sandwich. Croque Madame from Delish.com is a match made in heaven between a grilled cheese and a ham sandwich, with a perfectly sunny-side-up egg to top it all off. This sandwich stars layers of thinly sliced ham, soft, melty cheese, and an audible crunch as you bite down on the toasted bread. Think of Croque Madame as the French equivalent to the American grilled cheese, but even more delicious!
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.
A croque-madame (reportedly named such because the egg resembles a lady's wide-brimmed hat). Lay two slices of ham on top of each, and top each with a slice of cheese; ham and cheese should slightly overlap edges of bread. Croque Madame - a very comforting popular French cafe meal- grill ham and cheese sandwich topped with béchamel sauce, Gruyere cheese and fried egg. Don't describe this Croque Madame as just another grill ham and cheese sandwich. 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.
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